THE MANGROVES OF SUNDARBAN – A WORLD HERITAGE BIODIVERSITY
THE MANGROVES OF SUNDARBAN – A WORLD HERITAGE BIODIVERSITY Only a few hours away from the bustling metropolis of Kolkata, the World Heritage Biodiversity of Sundarban is the largest mangrove forests in the world, extending into the neighbouring country of Bangladesh. This unique Tiger Reserve proudly boasts of the largest population of the famous astute, treacherous, semi-aquatic and man-eating Royal Bengal Tiger, the biggest, most glamorous and most cunning of its kind in the whole world. 65% of this unique reserve consists of salt-water, contributed by the innumerable tributaries and distributaries of the river Ganges and 35% is land, contributed by the 102 extremely fragile islands in the world’s biggest delta – The Ganges Delta. Covering an area of 2585sq kms, this is the largest and the most awe-inspiring wildlife preserve of India. The vast and dense expanse of the Sundari, Hethal and Garan forests and the awful stories about the Royal Bengal Tigers’ greed for the human fl...