Five of the projects under this theme explore the economy-wetlands inter-linkages through case studies from across the country. Another four projects attempt valuation of Protected Areas or forests. A range of valuation methods are used by the case studies in various parts of India. Analysis of primary and secondary data, results and policy implications should be of great value.

Urban wetlands
Wetlands located in the urban areas provide a range of economic and ecological services to the society. The importance and contribution of the urban wetlands in the sustenance of the urban agglomerations is often not appreciated and understood. EERC funded four projects under this theme viz. East Calcutta wetlands, Bhoj wetland in Bhopal, Yamuna river in Delhi and Lake Nainital in Himalayas. The fifth project tries to link the interactions between degradation of several water bodies and wetlands and economic development in the state of West Bengal.

Protected area Economics
Four projects, examine the protected area-economics interface in the context of Gir forests, Bhitarkanita mangroves and Pench National Park and the forests in Western Ghats.

The following are the projects funded by the EERC under Wetlands and Biodiversity

SL	Project Title	Principal Investigator	Executive Summary	Full Report
1	Valuation of the Bhitarkanika Mangrove Ecosystem for Ecological Security and Sustainable Resource Use	Ruchi Badola, Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun	PDF 132 KB	PDF 3.17 MB
2	Conservation of Gir Ecosystem: Assessment of Benefits and Costs under Alternative Management Systems	Amita Shah, GIDR, Ahmedabad	PDF 121 KB	PDF 2.38 MB
3	Economics of Protected Area: A Case Study of Pench National Park	Anjali Kulkarni, Nagpur University, Nagpur	PDF 156 KB	PDF 1.22 MB
4	Economic Analysis of Biodiversity Conservation: The Case of Tropical Forests in the Western Ghats	K N Ninan, Insititute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore	PDF 80.6 KB	NA
5	Valuation of Ecological Functions and Benefits: A Case Study of Wetland Ecosystems Along the Yamuna River Corridors of Delhi Region	Lallan Prasad, University of Delhi, Delhi	PDF 129 KB	PDF 871 KB
6	Economic Valuation of Bhoj Wetlands for Sustainable Use	Madhu Verma, Indian Institute of Forest Management, Bhopal	PDF 122 KB	PDF 1.02 MB
7	Integrated Management of Water Resources of Lake Nainital and its Watershed: An Environmental Economics Approach	S P Singh, Kumaon University, Nainital	PDF 186 KB	PDF 4.61 MB
8	Environmental Conservation and Valuation of East Calcutta Wetlands	Kunal Chattopadhyay, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata	PDF 94.4 KB	PDF 818 KB
9	Degradation of Water Bodies and Wetlands in West Bengal: Interaction with Economic Development	T K Das, Jadavpur University, Kolkata	PDF 108 KB	PDF 3.98 MB

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