This report is the second in a series that describes IUCN’s work with independent scientific and technical advisory panels.
The Bangladesh Sundarban delta, comprising the mangrove forest and neighbouring landscape, supports the largest array of life forms among ecosystems of a similar type. However, over the last twenty-five years, the high rate of human entrance into the mangrove, followed by the mushrooming growth of shrimp farming on the periphery, has caused severe damange to the entire ecosystem.
The Bangladesh Sundarban delta, comprising the mangrove forest and neighbouring landscape, supports the largest array of life forms among ecosystems of a similar type. However, over the last twenty-five years, the high rate of human entrance into the mangrove, followed by the mushrooming growth of shrimp farming on the periphery, has caused severe damange to the entire ecosystem.
The Government of Botswana is proud to have finalized the development of the Okavango Delta Management Plan (ODMP). The ODMP will provide a contextual framework within which all other sector plans should operate within the North West District.
