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Advances in Zoology and Botany Vol. 11(6), pp. 416 - 425
DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110602
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Comparative Study on the Quantity of Bioresources Collected from the Loktak Lake Manipur, India
Jogesh Laishram *
Department of Forestry and Environmental Science, Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyay Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Bishnupur District, Utlou, Manipur-795134, India
ABSTRACT
The present investigation was carried out in five selected Loktak's lakeshore villages using household questionnaire survey to make a comparative study between the quantity of bioresources collected from the Loktak lake per collection. Information on the quantity of bioresources collected by the residents of the periphery of the lake in the present and in the past (20 to 30 years ago) was acquired for this study. For fishes overall highest present collection of all the villages was 76.26% in the range of 1-5 kg as compared to 53.18% in the range of 6-10 kg which was maximum in the past. The present investigation also recorded the past and present quantities and their corresponding percentages of the bioresources collected such as the prawns, molluca, mussels, vegetable items, fodders, fuelwood, thatch grasses, medicinal plants and handicraft materials of all the villages. The study found that the people were dependent on the Loktak lake for various bioresources for livelihood and income generation. The quantity of bioresources collected at present from the Loktak lake per collection has been found to decrease as compared with the past. Conservation and sustainable management of the lake and its bioresources is necessary to improve the livelihood and income generation of the people.
KEYWORDS
Livelihood, Nature Resources, Sustainability, Conservation, Rural People, Incomes, Wetlands
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(a). IEEE Format:
[1] Jogesh Laishram , "Comparative Study on the Quantity of Bioresources Collected from the Loktak Lake Manipur, India," Advances in Zoology and Botany, Vol. 11, No. 6, pp. 416 - 425, 2023. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110602.
(b). APA Format:
Jogesh Laishram (2023). Comparative Study on the Quantity of Bioresources Collected from the Loktak Lake Manipur, India. Advances in Zoology and Botany, 11(6), 416 - 425. DOI: 10.13189/azb.2023.110602.