Sundarban Jib Parimandal

🔹 Author: Sudhin Sengupta

🔹 Genre: Forest - Jungle - Environment

🔹 Format: Hardcover

🔹 ISBN: 9788177565065

🔹 Weight: 321 grams

📌 Book Overview:

✔ This book documents the history and ecological dynamics of the Sundarbans, focusing on its flora, fauna, and the tribal communities that reside there.
✔ The Sundarbans, a unique ecosystem, is today facing immense threats due to human intervention, with much of the forest being destroyed for livelihoods and habitation.
✔ Many animals and mangrove species are now on the brink of extinction.
✔ The main rivers and countless smaller waterways have been polluted and exploited due to unchecked human activity.
✔ Natural calamities continue to devastate the Sundarbans, while significant changes in the flow of the Ganga River due to geological forces could spell disaster for the region.
✔ The book aims to raise awareness about the urgent need to preserve this endangered ecosystem, as well as the vital role of conservation efforts in ensuring its survival.
✔ Despite being declared a protected area by the Government of India over 15 years ago, conservation efforts have been insufficient, and the Sundarbans are still at risk of being lost forever.
✔ Through a rich and detailed portrayal, the author provides readers with a faithful depiction of the Sundarbans, urging them to recognize its importance and the need for environmental awareness.

👤 About the Author: Sudhin Sengupta

✔ M.Sc., Ph.D. from University of Calcutta
✔ Taught in the Zoology Department of Baharampur Krishnath College and Visva Bharati University
✔ Affiliated with the Zoological Survey of India
✔ Former Director-Coordinator of the Environmental Education Program of the West Bengal Government
✔ Recipient of various fellowships from national and international institutions
✔ Research interests: Ornithology, Ancient Indian Environment, and Temple Architecture
✔ Authored several books, including "Amader Jibone Pakhi" (Birds in Our Life), "The Common Myna", and "The Songs and Dances in the Life of Birds"
✔ Currently researching Ancient Indian Environment and Agricultural Ornithology

📖 "Sundarban Jib Parimandal" brings the urgent story of this vanishing ecosystem to life, offering a powerful call for conservation and awareness of the threats faced by the Sundarbans.