Bangladesh Sundarbans: Present status of the Environment and Biota

Diversity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 242-269

  Aziz, Abdul ^a   Paul, Ashit Ranjan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladesh Forest Department   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Farakka Barrage; forests; Ganges River; Heritiera fomes; mangroves; salinity; The Sundarbans

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FOREST; MANGROVE; NATURE CONSERVATION; SALINITY; WORLD HERITAGE SITE;

BANGLADESH; FARAKKA BARRAGE; GANGES RIVER; GORAI RIVER; INDIA; SUNDARBANS; WEST BENGAL;

BRUGUIERA SEXANGULA; EXCOECARIA AGALLOCHA; HERITIERA FOMES; PANTHERA TIGRIS TIGRIS; RHIZOPHORACEAE; SONNERATIA APETALA;

EID: 84946090179     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14242818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/d7030242     Document Type: Review

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