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@article{179423,
        author = {PRADIPTA KUMAR NAYAK and DR. SUDIPTA MAITY and DR. RAM PRASAD PANDA},
        title = {BIODIVERSITY OF ANSUPA LAKE IN ODISHA AND NEED FOR CONSERVATION},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {11},
        number = {12},
        pages = {6630-6637},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=179423},
        abstract = {Sustainable management of natural
resources has become a key issue for survival of life on
earth. Conservation of biodiversity has been put to the
highest priority through Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD). This paper identifies the uniqueness of
the largest fresh water habitat in Odisha. The lake
comprises 194 species of birds, 61 fish species, 244
macrophytes, 88 butterflies, 10 species of reptiles and 26
mammals. Freshwater Lakes, especially those that have
significant importance from socio-economic point of
view and sustenance of bio-diversity need to be
protected from various manmade degradations. To
bring in to focus the importance of organised
restoration of degraded freshwater Lakes an effort is
made through this write up to expose various facets of
the problems encountered in Ansupa Lake and
implementation of organised restoration strategies to
overcome various setbacks and the future course of
action, by synthesising available information. Natural
hazards owing to their adverse impacts, also contribute
to the loss of biodiversity. Thus, an urgent need has been
felt to conserve the gene pool involving a mix of in situ
as well as ex situ strategies.},
        keywords = {Biodiversity, Ansupa Lake, Macrophytes, conservation, CBD.},
        month = {May},
        }