how did wildlife in Sunderbans improved due to afforestation
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Explanation:
- Environmental impact of development in the Sundarbans, is the study of environmental impact on Sundarban, the largest single tract mangrove forest.[1] It consist of a geographical area of 9,629 square kilometres (3,718 sq mi), including 4,185 square kilometres (1,616 sq mi) of reserve forest land, and is a natural region located partly in southern Bangladesh and partly in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is ecologically a southern part of the Gangetic delta between the Hooghly river in India on the west and the Meghna river in Bangladesh on the east and is bounded by the Ganga-Padma, the Padma-Meghna on the north and by the Bay of Bengal on the south.[2] The area that is not reserve forest land is inhabited by human settlements with a total population around 4 million
Answer:
(1)To regenerate the degraded biodiversity resources of the wetland ecosystem in the Sunderbans for acting as a biological defense against the natural calamities and protecting the age-old earthen embankments.
(2)To ensure continued existence of the community in this vulnerable ecosystem through increased access to wetland resources and reduced exposure of local populace to the hazards of tidal surges.
(3)To involve the village women folk in the plantation programme for enhancing their financial status as well as social security.
(4)To reduce carbon footprints and get carbon credits in the process of restoration of green belts.
(5)To create a community participative model and develop a sense of ownership in the community for the mangrove, the lifeline of Sundarban.
the number of royal Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans has been improved to a little extinct
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