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  1. The Sundarbans: a unique wilderness of the world

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    Author(s): Laskar Muqsudur Rahman
    Date: 2000
    Source: In: McCool, Stephen F.; Cole, David N.; Borrie, William T.; O’Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference—Volume 2: Wilderness within the context of larger systems; 1999 May 23–27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 143-148
    Publication Series: Proceedings (P)
    Station: Rocky Mountain Research Station
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    The Sundarbans, natural mangrove forests of Bangladesh covers an area of 577,000 ha. It is the largest single tract of mangrove forest in the world. The members of the family Rhizophoracae do not dominate the tree vegetation of the Sundarbans. Heritiera fomes and Excoecaria agallocha are the two most extensively occurring tree species in the forest and they are members of Sterculiaceae and Euphorbiaceae respectively. The forest is very rich in biodiversity and supports different species of about 334 plants, 120 fishes, 35 reptiles, 270 birds and 42 mammals. The Sundarbans is the only habitat of the famous Royal Bengal Tiger and estuarine crocodile.

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    Rahman, Laskar Muqsudur. 2000. The Sundarbans: a unique wilderness of the world. In: McCool, Stephen F.; Cole, David N.; Borrie, William T.; O’Loughlin, Jennifer, comps. 2000. Wilderness science in a time of change conference—Volume 2: Wilderness within the context of larger systems; 1999 May 23–27; Missoula, MT. Proceedings RMRS-P-15-VOL-2. Ogden, UT: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 143-148

    Keywords

    Heritiera fomes, Excoecaria agallocha, wilderness, mangrove forests, biodiversity, flora, fauna, resource management, forest products, tourism, Sundarbans, World Heritage Site, Bangladesh

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