The Sundarbans is a natural region in Bengal. It is the largest single block of tidal halophytic mangrove forest in the world. The Sunderbans is approximately 10,000 km2 of which 60% is located in Bangladesh with the remainder in India The Sundarbans National Park is a National Park, Tiger Reserve, and a Biosphere Reserve located in the Sundarbans delta in the Indian state of West Bengal. Sundarbans South, East and West are three protected forests in Bangladesh.

Protection Status of the Sundarban

The Sundarban Forest covers 10,000 km2 of mangrove plant west of the main outflow of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Malancha rivers. Around 60 % of this place is allocation of Bangladesh territory and utterly gazetted Forest Reserve, which was a phased process starting in 1885. The enduring 40 % is portion of India. Within the Sundarban Reserved Forest (SRF). 3 Wildlife Sanctuaries were conventional in 1974 under the Bangladesh Wildlife Act of the same year. Around the SRF the Sundarban Biodiversity Conservation Project has identified a hence-called "Impact Zone" where most of the talk to users of the reforest are residing.
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