shundorban

Sundarban is a green forest in Bangladesh.This is world famous forest. There live many birds, animol.Royel Bengol Tiger familiar name This Forest.
Although Bangladesh doesn't have adequate forests and tree cover for ecological balance, yet the country is blessed with world's largest mangrove forest Sundarban, a World Heritage Site. Bangladesh still has rich biodiversity, even with a small proportion of geographical boundary. But both Sundarban and other forests are gravely threatened due to unsustainable manmade activity. Sundarban had been being exploited from unknown time for its unique natural resources. Now, perhaps, Sundarban ecosystem has reached its final state of fragility due to human interventions. Especially for Sunderban and the country's other types of forests and tree cover, this year's World Environment Day theme 'Forests-Nature At Your Service' bears much significance and gives last message to save our forests.
Sundarban plays an important role in the economy of the southwestern region of Bangladesh as well as in the national economy. It is the single largest source of forest produce in the country. The forest provides raw material for wood based industries. In addition to traditional forest produce like timber, fuelwood, pulpwood etc., large scale harvest of non wood forest products such as thatching materials, honey, wax, fish and other aquatic resources of the forest takes place regularly.
The forest also has immense protective and productive functions. Besides production functions of the forest, it provides natural protection to life and properties of the coastal population in cyclone prone Bangladesh. The Sundarban provides vital natural protection from cyclones for the inland areas and acts as natural shields against cyclones. 2007 cyclone Sidr formed in the Bay of Bengal was devastating in terms of its magnitude; Sundarban itself bore crucial shock and contributed to lowering the damage.

The beauty, majesty, and timelessness of a mangrove forest like Sundarban are indescribable. This mangrove forest is a swampy habitat of varying salinity, mangrove composition, large predators on land and in water and hundreds of other flora and fauna. Majestic tiger, charming deer, enormous crocodiles, sneaky monkeys, numerous species of birds and disparate vegetation have made this diversity rare in the world. With these flourishing and endangered species, Sundarban is indeed a treasure island of biodiversity. The Sundarban-area is the principal remaining domains of the endangered Bengal tiger in Bangladesh territory. Named after the flourishing growth of the Sundari tree, Sundarban is inundated twice a day by sea water. The land is constantly being changed, molded and shaped by tidal force. Mangroves withstand salinity and fluctuating water level with exposed upright 'breathing roots' or in Bengali 'swash mul' or 'shula.' Land, tree and aquatic life forms sustain on these roots' excretion and other decomposed bodies. Trees also support numerous species of parasites such as creeper, orchids and fungi.