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The present Sundarban National Park was declared as the core area of Sundarban Tiger Reserve in 1973 and a wildlife sanctuary in 1977. On 4 May 1984 it was declared a national park. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1987, [2] [3] and it has been designated as a Ramsar site since 2019. [1]
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and animal sanctuary in Bangladesh. The area of the reserve covers 715 km 2 . [ 1 ] It is part of the larger Sundarbans region , one of the largest mangroveforests in the world.
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Bangladesh. The region supports mangroves, including: sparse stands of Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha) and dense stands of Goran (Ceriops tagal), with discontinuous patches of Hantal palm (Phoenix paludosa) on drier ground, river banks and levees. The fauna of the sanctuary is ...
Sundarbans East Wildlife Sanctuary, a protected forest in Bangladesh, extends over an area of 31,227 ha. of mangrove forest. It was established in 1977 under the Bangladesh Wildlife (Preservation) (Amendment) Act, 1974 , having previously been a forest reserve.
Sundarbans West Wildlife Sanctuary: Ib: Satkhira, Khulna: 119718.88 6 April 1996 29 June 2017 5 Sundarbans South Wildlife Sanctuary: Ib: Khulna District, Khulna: 75310.30 6 April 1996 29 June 2017 6 Pablakhali Wildlife Sanctuary: II: Chittagong Hill Tracts: 42069.37 20 September 1983 20 September 1983 7 Chunati Wildlife Sanctuary: IV ...
The Sundarbans Biosphere Reserve or Indian Sundarbans covers an area of 9,630 square kilometers (3,720 sq mi) and is divided into core, buffer, and transi-tion zones. [3] The area of reserved forest under the Biosphere Reserve is about 4263 km 2 , [ 3 ] of which 55% land is under vegetation cover and the remaining 45 per cent under wetland ...
Karamjhal, Sundarban. Sundarbans South Wildlife Sanctuary is a reserve forest in Bangladesh that extends over an area of 36,970 hectares of mangrove forest.It is situated next to the Sundarbans National Park in West Bengal, India.
Sajnekhali Wildlife Sanctuary is a 362 km 2 area in the northern part of the Sundarbans delta in South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal, India. It is located at the confluence of the Matla and Gumdi rivers. [2] The area is mainly mangrove scrub, forest and swamp. It was set up as a sanctuary in 1976.