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Natural ecosystems such as corals, mangroves are fundamental life support system without which human civilization cannot exist. Ecosystem has 3 major functions such as, Bio geographical, Ecological, and Anthropogenic. Mangroves are global ecosystems of which function includes storage of water, biological productivity, biogeochemical transformation, habitat for flora and fauna. The mangrove ecosystem provides goods and services to the local community and other communities all over the world. It also includes shoreline protection from storm and flood. These functions are called as indirect use value according to economist. Ecosystems are natural capital stock which can provide goods, provide erosion control, and recreational activities. In this study four objectives are taken into consideration. For this, questionnaire survey was conducted and 170 households were chosen from six villages. Dependency of community on mangrove delta is observed in two scales i.e. Occupation status of local community and fuel use pattern respectively. In this study human wildlife conflict and attitude of local community towards the conservation of mangrove was also observed. Techniques and simple statistics were used to analyze the data to derive a logical conclusion. This study reveals that fisheries is the major occupation and source of income for local people and for fuel most people are dependent on cow dung, coconut leaves and firewood collected from forest. This study shows a preliminary baseline data about local people dependency on mangrove forest and implies that community involvement should be carried out to achieve a sustainable mangrove conservation goal.

Coastal community livelihood dependency on Mahanadi Mangrove Delta, Odisha