Economic Evaluation of Vembanad Lake
Dhanalakshmi M.*
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
Debiprasad Kantal
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
Shivkumar
ICAR-Central Institute of Fisheries Education, Mumbai, Maharashtra (400 061), India
DOI: NIL
Keywords: Conservation, Economic evaluation, Management, Vembanad
Abstract
Economic evaluation of ecosystem services is considered as a major tool for protecting the ecosystem and its services. Vembanad Lake is one among the Ramsar site, the major ecosystem that delivers most of the ecosystem services in a fruitful manner. The ecosystem services are grouped into four types such as provisioning facilities, regulating facilities, linking or supporting facilities, and cultural facilities. All the ecosystem services have to be studied in a very detailed manner to make awareness about the worth of the ecosystem. The most important commercial and economic undertakings in the lake comprise of agriculture, fisheries, lime shell mining, backwater tourism etc. Understanding of the economic evaluation of the ecosystem will safeguard the ecosystem from degradation and conserve the resources.
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