Economic Valuation and Sustainability of Dal Lake Ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir

Wani, M.H.; Baba, S. H.; Yousuf, Shahid; Mir, S. A.; Shaheen, F. A.

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-36143-2_7

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“…Many forest land, natural wetlands and natural springs have been destroyed due to urban infrastructure development, agricultural growth and lake encroachment. These changes resulted in a smaller lake, more contaminants accessing the lake without natural filtration, a decrease in freshwater volume in the lake and less water circulation (Wani et al, 2013). Rehabilitation techniques such as creating artificial wetlands could help the lake's ecosystem and maintain its natural filtration capacity.…”

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“…Dal Lake is a vital economic and cultural resource for Srinagar and its catchment (Wani et al, 2013). The lake has been used for environmental and infrastructure purposes over the years.…”

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“…Besides direct use value, the lake also provides indirect use values like flood control, microclimatic conditions, water regulation services, carbon sink and nonuse values through its various ecosystem services and goods. Nevertheless, the lake's very existence is threatened by various natural and anthropogenic stresses like increasing population, encroachment, domestic and industrial pollution, increasing agricultural activities, eutrophication, weed infestation and developmental activities (Wani et al, 2013). Despite implementing various policies/programmes, 1 Dal Lake's incursions have increased due to construction of commercial complexes, roads, on its banks and catchment areas.…”

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Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method

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Ahmad²,

Sofi

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Ecohydrology

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This study estimates economic values of changes in variegated ecological, social and economic attributes of dominant environmental resource (viz., Dal Lake), proffers to its key stakeholders through choice experiment design selecting relevant attributes for better management. In addition to the conditional logit model, the random logit model and the random logit model with interactions are calculated to account for the heterogeneity of the public prospects for the different purposes of the wetland.Willingness to pay for the selected attributes like preservation of wetland biodiversity turned out to be ₹18.47

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“…Dal Lake is a vital economic and cultural resource for Srinagar and its catchment (Wani et al, 2013). The lake has been used for environmental and infrastructure purposes over the years.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method

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Ahmad²,

Sofi

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Ecohydrology

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“…The lake is under high stress due to anthropogenic influences (Badar et al, 2013b;Khanday et al, 2018). During 1200 A.D., the extent of Dal Lake was about 75 km 2 (Wani et al, 2013). The lake covered an area of ∼32 km 2 in 1859 and has shrunk to 24 km 2 (including the lake interiors) mainly due to the expansion of settlement areas and proliferation of settlements (Rashid et al, 2017a).…”

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Current Status of Wetlands in Srinagar City: Threats, Management Strategies, and Future Perspectives

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Bhat

Rashid

et al. 2020

Front. Environ. Sci.

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Wetlands are the most diverse, highly dynamic, productive, and ecologically sensitive areas in Earth. In Kashmir Himalaya, Srinagar city is bestowed with a large number of picturesque wetlands. These wetlands are important in regulating ecosystem services such as providing fresh water supplies, food products, fisheries, water purification, harbor biodiversity, and regulation of regional climate. These are also important as socioeconomic support systems for the city inhabitants and valued as habitats of migratory birds that visit Kashmir valley from different continents of the world. Owing to the increased rate of anthropogenic activities and anthropogenically driven changes in natural processes, these wetlands are degrading at an alarming rate, seriously affecting their health and water quality. The major threats to wetlands include pollution, land use and land cover changes, urbanization and encroachments, and climate change. The intensive agricultural practices, introduction of exotic species, and changes in hydrological flows during the past few decades have resulted in degradation of wetlands over this region. Sustainable management of wetlands is crucial as these ecosystems offer an array of ecological functions that sustain livelihoods all over the world. This review provides special insights about the significant changes in spatial scale, land use and land cover changes, and water quality of major wetlands in Srinagar city.

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“…They depend entirely on the local fisheries resources for their livelihood, and any fluctuation in management and governance of these common resources engraves a direct impact on them. The water bodies of Kashmir, especially the lakes, are important destinations for tourists because of which the fisheries activities and policies are always side-lined or sometimes ignored (Wani et al, 2013). Besides this, the fishers are always being marginalized/ ignored at the cost of others due to the involvement of many stakeholders in the governance and management of these fisheries resources.…”

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Livelihood Assessment of Fishers in Dal Lake, Kashmir

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Ojh,

Ananthan

et al. 2023

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The study investigates the livelihood conditions, vulnerability, and resilience of the Dal Lake fishers and their readiness and strength to withstand climate shocks and vulnerabilities. The study was conducted in 2019-2020 in three fishing villages of Dal Lake Kashmir, where the livelihood and vulnerability of fisheries-based livelihoods were assessed through a composite index development approach. The fishers of Dal Lake are moderately vulnerable to climate variability and changes. The status of the livelihood capitals of the fishers reveals that most of the capitals are of moderate type, however, the financial capital is poor horizontally among all the fishing villages. It was also found that the socio economic conditions and resilience of the people are in very poor condition. The fisheries related activities and policies are being side-lined because of giving more importance to tourism. The management of the lake is shared between the Fisheries & Tourism departments, and the Jammu and Kashmir Lakes Conservation and Management Authority (power). However, lack of coordination, less availability of resources, less priority to the fisheries sector, and lack of accountability hindered the desired outcomes. Proper management of the lake, coordination between the key stakeholders and fishers is very important and can be achieved through network governance.

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Economic Valuation and Sustainability of Dal Lake Ecosystem in Jammu and Kashmir

Cited by 7 publications

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Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method

Valuation and effective management of the Dal Lake's diverse ecosystem using choice experiment method

Current Status of Wetlands in Srinagar City: Threats, Management Strategies, and Future Perspectives

Livelihood Assessment of Fishers in Dal Lake, Kashmir

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