Bangladesh Sundarban delta vision 2050 : a first step in its formulation : document 2 : a compilation of background information
2014
Hussain, Mohammed Zakir |
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.