ENIVRONMENT ASIA

Volume 12, No. 02, Month MAY, Year 2019, Pages 172 - 178

Study of conservation and wise use of two important indian wetlands using contingent valuation technique

Malabika Biswas Roy, Sujit Pal, Mihir Pal, Pankaj Kumar Roy, and Abhishek Kumar

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Wetland administration, as the connected side of wetland science, requires a comprehension of the logical parts of wetlands adjusted with legitimate, institutional, social and monetary substances. This paper endeavours to evaluate how the group instruction can oversee and save the wetlands and furthermore to gauge the estimation of two wetlands situated at various states utilizing Contingent Valuation Technique (CVT). A model is being developed to describe the relationship between the wage of family and its Willingness to Pay (WTP) with the help of some indicators related to conservation and wise use of two wetlands. A total of 600 samples families have been considered for two wetlands. Seven attributes are being considered as dependent parameters for WTP. The results shows that WTP of rural households were found to be INR 10,000 and INR 18,000 for Gajna and Rudrasagar, whereas almost 47% lesser value was found for Gajna wetland with respect to Rudrasagar of urban households for better conservation and wise use of two important wetlands using CVT. The outcomes delineate WTP is more noteworthy and great relationship got with the assistance of factual system with training other than condition and separation for both the wetlands. At last, this paper finishes up the relapse investigation utilizing measurable programming demonstrates the salary to be the most essential capacity which decides WTP of the partners may enhance the financial upliftment through protection and shrewd utilization of wetlands.

Keywords

Ramsar Wetland; Conservation; Management; Rural Wetland; WTP

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