Biodiversity and Conservation of Sasthamkotta Fresh Water Lake of Kerala

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Sasthamkotta Lake is the largest Fresh Water Lake in Kerala. The Lake is situated 30 Km North of Kollam. The area of the Lake is 3.73 Km2. It is a source of drinking water of Sasthamkotta, Kollam and adjoining areas. It is an internationally recognized wetland having the status of Ramsar Site from November 2002 onwards. The Sasthamkotta Lake is surrounded on three sides by hillocks and on the south by a bund which separated the Lake from the surrounding water bodies and paddy fields. The River Kallada flows through the southern side. The Lake receives its water from precipitation, surface flow from its catchment areas and from underground springs. The Lake has the capacity to hold 223390 million liters of water. The water bodies seen adjacent to the lake on the eastern side are Chittumala Chira, Cherayattu Kayal and Chelurpola Kayal. The Sasthamkotta Lake ecosystem is under threat. A variety of problems faced by the Lake are encroachments, sedimentation of the lake due to agricultural activities, land filling, pollution due to urban sanitary discharge and destruction of the vegetation around the lake. The authors have proposed Conservation Action Plan for the protection of the threatened wetland ecosystem of Sasthamkotta Lake.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR M P Nayar

Dr. M.P. Nayar, Botanical Survey of India received M.Sc. degree from the University of Kerala (1955) with a First Class and First Rank and Ph.D. from the University of London (1966).  He worked as Botanist at Kew, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, U.K. from 1961-1967.  He visited several Herbaria and Gardesn inj Europe during 1961-1967.  He monographed the family Melastomataceae for South East Asia.  He is the author of five books and a book on "The Names of Flowering Plants" is under publication.  He has about 150 original scientific papers to his credit and he described about 110 new species in the above-mentioned publications.  He represented the Department of Environment as the leader of the Indian Team on Plant Working Group for the Convention of International Trade on Endangered Species in Fabruary 1984 at Tuscon, U.S.A.  He is also working as Consultant and Chairman, Indian Subcontinent Plant Specialist Group, Species Survival Commission of IUCN.

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Title
Biodiversity and Conservation of Sasthamkotta Fresh Water Lake of Kerala
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8121107768, 9788121107761
Length
viii+118p., 15 Maps, 24 Col. Figures; Tables; Appendix; Index; 25cm.
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