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This report brings out the importance of the sustainable management of the Rudrasagar wetland. This study focuses on the significance of wetland services and its benefit on human well-beings and thereby emphasizing how the communities depend on the wetland for their sustenance.
Communities revolve around the pisciculture-agriculture for their economy and livelihood. The dynamics of pisciculture-agriculture has shaped the communities dependency on the wetland to a larger extent. Importance of paddy cultivation in the wetland has been contrary with the fact that the wetland is degrading and shrinking on constant reclamation of wetland into agricultural land.
Ecological status of the wetland has been discussed briefly by assessing the physiochemical characteristics of the system. The report also presents the current scenario of the wetland and discusses the threats and how to mitigate them. To realize the importance of conservation, participation approach is needed and understanding the community’s perception towards achieving conservation.
For long term conservation, co-ordination of various multi-stakeholders and proper management processes could resolve the threats due to anthropogenic activities.
Key words: Ecosystems services, agriculture, pisciculture, livelihood, sustainable management.
