Socio-Economic Aspects and Mangrove Resource Utilization by People in Creek based Villages of Krishna District

Authors

  • Prabhakar Rao V. V.  Department of Sciences & Humanities, Andhra Loyola Institute of Engineering and Technology,Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
  • Prabhakar Rao V. V.  Department of Environmental Science, Acharya Nagarjuna University, Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India

Keywords:

Mangroves, Creeks, Socio-Economic, Resource Utilization

Abstract

Mangroves are highly productive ecosystems with important economic and environmental functions. Based on vegetation status on five creek based villages the present study is to identify the species wise utilization and social-economic aspects among five villages i.e,Pallethummalapalem, Kona, Bhavanipuram, Kammavarichervu and Malakayalanka . The socio-economic situation and resource utilization among all five creek based field stations is studied with the help of questionnaire, the base line data consisting of community status, life style, occupation etc. are developed. From the data, the living conditions and dependency on mangrove forests are analyzed. The relationship between utilization of resources and socio-economic conditions in each field station are compared. It is observed that the mangrove forests are utilized for fire/fuel wood, thatching of houses, temporary walls, boat manufacturing, traditional furniture, medicinal, fodder, tannin, fish nets, fish poisoning extracts etc. by the inhabitants.

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Prabhakar Rao V. V., Prabhakar Rao V. V., " Socio-Economic Aspects and Mangrove Resource Utilization by People in Creek based Villages of Krishna District, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.1185-1190, November-December-2017.