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TheĀ Sundarbans
National
ParkĀ is
aĀ national
park,Ā tiger
reserve,
andĀ biosphere
reserveĀ inĀ West
Bengal,
India.
It
is
part
of
theĀ SundarbansĀ on
theĀ Ganges
Delta,
and
adjacent
to
the
Sundarban
Reserve
Forest
inĀ Bangladesh.
TheĀ deltaĀ is
densely
covered
byĀ mangroveĀ forests,
and
is
one
of
the
largest
reserves
for
theĀ Bengal
tiger.
It
is
also
home
to
a
variety
of
bird,
reptile
andĀ invertebrateĀ species,
including
theĀ salt-water
crocodile.
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
aĀ UNESCO
World
Heritage
SiteĀ inscribed
in
1987,[2][3]Ā and
it
has
been
designated
as
aĀ Ramsar
siteĀ since
2019.[1]Ā It
is
considered
as
a
World
Network
of
Biosphere
Reserve
(Man
and
Biosphere
Reserve)
from
1989.
Credit
wekipedia
The
first
forest
management
division
to
have
jurisdiction
over
the
Sundarbans
was
established
in
1869.
In
1875
a
large
portion
of
the
mangrove
forests
was
declared
asĀ reservedĀ forests
under
the
Forest
Act,
1865
(Act
VIII
of
1865).
The
remaining
portions
of
the
forests
were
declared
a
reserve
forest
the
following
year
and
the
forest,
which
was
so
far
administered
by
the
civil
administration
district,
was
placed
under
the
control
of
the
Forest
Department.
A
forest
division,
which
is
the
basic
forest
management
and
administration
unit,
was
created
in
1879
with
the
headquarters
inĀ Khulna,
Bangladesh.
The
first
management
plan
was
written
for
the
period
1893ā1898.[4][5]
In
1911,
it
was
described
as
a
tract
of
unexamined
waste
country
and
was
excluded
from
the
census.
It
then
stretched
for
about
266
kilometres
(165Ā mi)
from
the
mouth
of
theĀ HugliĀ to
the
mouth
of
theĀ MeghnaĀ river
and
was
bordered
inland
by
the
three
settled
districts
of
the
24
parganas,Ā KhulnaĀ andĀ Bakerganj.
The
total
area
(including
water)
was
estimated
at
16,900
square
kilometres
(6,526Ā sqĀ mi).
It
was
a
water-logged
jungle,
in
which
tigers
and
other
wild
beasts
abounded.
Attempts
at
reclamation
had
not
been
very
successful.
The
Sundarbans
was
everywhere
intersected
by
river
channels
and
creeks,
some
of
which
afforded
water
communication
throughout
the
Bengal
region
both
forĀ steamersĀ and
for
native
ships.
The
maximum
part
of
the
delta
is
located
in
Bangladesh.
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