which hotspot has been created in Bengal.
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The Chupi Wetland: A Biodiversity Hotspot from West Bengal, Eastern India
Biodiversity constitutes an important aspect of global wildlife resources. It is important to note that major global biodiversity hotspots are located in developing and under developed nations scattered across different continents. Unfortunately, the socio-economic conditions in these poor but natural resource-rich nations along with their nascent human population, lack of employment opportunities, political unrest and related anthropogenic pressures have serious impacts on local biodiversity. Rapid habitat loss and habitat fragmentation of various species, poaching, illegal wildlife and pet trade on exotic species, illegal harvesting of wildlife and rare plants for non-judicious pharmaceutical and allied industries, extensive grazing in restricted forest areas by local livestock and ranch animals, forest fires, illegal human encroachments into forested areas, extension of industrial and agricultural hubs into virgin forests are gradually destroying the extremely fragile local ecosystem and highly endangered biodiversity. It is, therefore, extremely essential to call for the attention of the academics, researchers, wildlife and nature enthusiasts as well as the commonalty towards global challenges of biodiversity conservation. India being a country rich in biodiversity has a major stake in the global biodiversity conservation. We all need to work passionately in raising awareness and establishing a common platform to work for global biodiversity conservation to the best of our ability.
Biodiversity constitutes an important aspect of global wildlife resources. It is important to note that major global biodiversity hotspots are located in developing and under developed nations scattered across different continents. Unfortunately, the socio-economic conditions in these poor but natural resource-rich nations along with their nascent human population, lack of employment opportunities, political unrest and related anthropogenic pressures have serious impacts on local biodiversity. Rapid habitat loss and habitat fragmentation of various species, poaching, illegal wildlife and pet trade on exotic species, illegal harvesting of wildlife and rare plants for non-judicious pharmaceutical and allied industries, extensive grazing in restricted forest areas by local livestock and ranch animals, forest fires, illegal human encroachments into forested areas, extension of industrial and agricultural hubs into virgin forests are gradually destroying the extremely fragile local ecosystem and highly endangered biodiversity. It is, therefore, extremely essential to call for the attention of the academics, researchers, wildlife and nature enthusiasts as well as the commonalty towards global challenges of biodiversity conservation. India being a country rich in biodiversity has a major stake in the global biodiversity conservation. We all need to work passionately in raising awareness and establishing a common platform to work for global biodiversity conservation to the best of our ability.
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One of West Bengal, India's richest biodiversity hotspots is the Sundarbans forests, often known as Badabon locally.
Sundarbans:
- The Sundarbans is a mangrove region in the Bay of Bengal delta created by the convergence of the Padma, Brahmaputra, and Meghna Rivers.
- It extends from the Hooghly River in the Indian state of West Bengal to the Baleshwar River in Bangladesh's Khulna division.
- It is crossed by numerous tidal streams and channels and includes both closed and open mangrove forests, agricultural land, mudflats, and barren terrain. Sundarbans West (Bangladesh), Sundarbans South (Bangladesh), Sundarbans East (Bangladesh), and Sundarbans National Park are the four protected areas in the Sundarbans that are classified as UNESCO World Heritage Sites (India).
- The huge delta on the Bay of Bengal created by the super confluence of the Hooghly, Padma, Brahmaputra, and Meghna rivers across southern Bangladesh is where the Sundarbans forest is located.
- From the mangrove forests on the coastal edge, the seasonally inundated Sundarbans freshwater swamp woods are located inland. About 6,000 km2 (2,300 sq mi) of the forest's 10,000 km2 (3,900 sq mi) total area is in Bangladesh.
- About 1,700 km2 (660 sq mi) of the estimated 4,110 km2 (1,590 sq mi) Indian portion of the Sundarbans is covered by water bodies, including rivers, canals, and creeks, with widths ranging from a few meters to several kilometers.
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