The document discusses the Sundarbans mangrove forest located in Bangladesh. It provides background information on the Sundarbans, describing it as the largest mangrove forest in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage Site known for its Royal Bengal tigers. Key details include the types of flora and fauna found in the Sundarbans, its economic contributions through wood and honey production, and its cultural significance in Bengali folk songs, literature and films. The document concludes by emphasizing the importance of protecting the biodiverse Sundarbans for its ecological value as well as Bangladesh's national heritage.

1. American International University Bangladesh
(AIUB)

2. GROUP NAME

3. INTRODUCING THE GROUP
 Md. Badrul Alam Bokul
 Imanuel Aziz Enan
 Faiad Iftikhar Rafee
 Md. Walid Alam
 Golam Wadud Ahad

4. WHAT IS MANGROVE FOREST ?

5. Mangroves are a group of trees
and shrubs that live in the
coastal intertidal zone


6. WHAT IS THE LARGEST MANGROVE
FOREST OF THE WORLD?

7. SUNDARBAN

8.  MANGROVE FOREST SUNDARBAN

9. NAMING OF SUNDARBAN
 SUNDARI TREE
 SAMUDRABAN (SEE FOREST)
 NATURAL BEAUTY OF THIS FOREST

10. BASIC IDEA OF SUNDARBAN
 LOCATION
 AREA
 WORLD HERITAGE SITE
 FAMOUS FOR ROYAL BENGAL TIGER

11. HISTORY OF SUNDARBAN
 MAPPED IN 1764
 FOREST DEPARTMENT
 RESERVED FOREST
 HEADQUARTER IN KHULNA

12. FLORA AND FAUNA OF SHUNDORBAN

13. FLORA OF SHUNDORBAN
What is Flora?

14. LIST OF FLORA
Shunduri
Gewa
Keora
Goran
Palms

15. FAUNA OF SHUNDORBAN
What is Fauna?

16. LIST OF FAUNA
Royal Bengal Tiger
Monkey
Deer
Crocodile
Water buffalo
Water Monitor
Yellow Monitor
Indian Python
Peacock

17. EXTINCT ANIMALS
•Rhino
•Gangetic Dolphin

18. CONTRIBUTION OF SUNDARBAN IN OUR ECONOMY
 The Sundarbans play an important role in the economy
of the southwestern region of Bangladesh as well as in
the national economy.
 provides raw material for wood based industries.
 Honey occupies an important position as a foreign
exchange earner and used as food, drink, beverage and
also as a medicine in the country.
 large scale harvest of non wood forest products such as
thatching materials, honey, bees-wax, fish, crustacean
and mollusk resources of the forest takes place
regularly.

19. CONTRIBUTION OF SUNDARBAN IN OUR ECONOMY
 Bamboo plays a very crucial role in our rural economy
and is a singular essential material for construction of
temporary house / shelter for the rural people, especially
for the hilly tribal people.
 Constituting 51% of the total reserved forest estate of
Bangladesh it contributes about 41% of total forest
revenue

20. POPULAR CULTURE OF SHUNDARBAN
 The Sundarban has been celebrated in numerous Bengali
and Indian English novels songs and film.
 has some passages set in the Sunderbans during the
heroine Beulah's quest to bring her husband Lakhindar
back to life.
 Sundarban has large kind of fabulous natural cultural and
some traditional resources.

21.  Numerous documentary movies have been made about
the Sunderbans, including the 2003 IMAX production
about the Bengal Tiger - Shining Bright.
 The Sunderbans are celebrated through numerous
Bengali folk songs and dances.
 Sundarbaney Arjan Sardar and Padma Nadir Majhi, two
novel are based on the rigors of lives of villagers and
fishermen in the Sunderbans region.

22. PROTECTION OF SUNDARBAN
1.For Our Own Good
2.Forest Crime
3.Protection of Our Pride

23. CONCLUSION
 Bio-diverse region of Sundarban has been recognized as
one of the UNESCO world heritage sites.
 Sundarban wildlife sanctuary is the largest mangrove
forest in the world, which is popular for Royal Bengal
tigers.
 Different characteristic of tree grow here such as
sundori, Keora, gewa, goran etc.
 Has contribution in our national economy.

24. Today Sundarban is being destructed and almost lost it’s speciality. To save the
sundarban, government should take proper step and impose strictly rules.
At last we can say that the Shundarban is our pride. Many foreigners come in
our country to visit the Shundarban.
We should save this gift of the Nature. Otherwise we lost our valuable asset.

25. THANK YOU
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