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Of most concern for elephants is their need for high amounts of fresh water and the influence this has on their daily activities, reproduction and migration. This is why droughts are very dangerous for elephants. Other threats such as habitat loss, human-elephant conflict and poaching remain high, and have the potential to increase due to the effects of climate stressors on humans and resulting changes in livelihoods.

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Resurgence * Article - Elephant Ecosystems

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There has been no systematic attempt to determine the best site for this project, which is not actually site-specific and could be built elsewhere. Indeed, they could hardly have picked a site in India more likely to damage wildlife.

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The Asian elephant plays a vital role in maintaining ecological balance in its habitat, by limiting the growth of vegetation and spreading the seeds of plants it feeds on. Elephants have a positive influence on the growth of numerous plant and animal species that share its habitat.

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Asian elephants inhabit grasslands, tropical evergreen forests, semi-evergreen forests, moist deciduous forests, dry deciduous forests and dry thorn forests, in addition to cultivated and secondary forests and scrublands. Over this range of habitat types elephants occur from sea level to over 3,000 m (9,800 ft).

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Asian elephants are found in isolated pockets of India and Southeast Asia, including Sumatra and Borneo. They were formerly widely distributed southof the Himalayas, throughout Southeast Asia and in China as far north as the Yangtze River. Asian elephants are considered forest animals.

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Elephants eat between 149 and 169 kg (330-375 lb.) of vegetation daily. Sixteen to eighteen hours, or nearly 80% of an elephant's day is spent feeding. Elephants consume grasses, small plants, bushes, fruit, twigs, tree bark, and roots. Tree bark is a favorite food source for elephants.

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The Asian elephant, also called Asiatic elephant, is the only living species of the genus Elephas and is distributed throughout the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, from India in the west, Nepal in the north, Sumatra in the south, and to Borneo in the east.