14 February is National Sundarbans Day. Few of us know the date of World Sundarbans Day or National Sundarbans Day. Perhaps we do not appreciate how much this day matters to protecting the Sundarbans.
National Sundarbans Day
Sundarbans Day falls on 14 February. Every year the day is observed in Bangladesh with great seriousness. How important the Sundarbans is for Bangladesh can hardly be said in full. It goes without saying what a pitiful state the country's people, structures and biodiversity would be left in by any natural disaster if the Sundarbans were not there. So it must be said that the Sundarbans is a blessing from Allah for our country.
The Sundarbans is at once protecting us from natural disasters and giving shelter to an enormous number of living things. Along with that, valuable materials such as timber and food come from the Sundarbans.
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The history of Sundarbans Day
Sundarbans Day has been observed since 2001, with the aim of creating public awareness about conserving the biodiversity of the Sundarbans. On 14 February 2001, under the Bangladesh Environment Movement, the first National Sundarbans Conference was held on the initiative of Khulna University and the Khulna voluntary organisations Rupantar and Porosh, with 70 more environmental organisations from around the country taking part. At that conference 14 February was declared ‘Sundarbans Day’. This makes it easier every year to spread awareness of the importance of the Sundarbans.
What is the Sundarbans?
The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest on earth. It lies across Bangladesh and India, though most of the forest — about 60% — is in Bangladesh and the remaining 40% in India. It is a broad forest along the coastal region of the Bay of Bengal and one of the natural wonders of the world. It stretches across the Khulna, Satkhira, Bagerhat, Patuakhali and Barguna districts of Bangladesh and the two districts of North 24 Parganas and South 24 Parganas in the Indian state of West Bengal.
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The name Sundarbans is mainly taken to come from the abundance in this forest of the tree called ‘sundari‘. The scientific name of the sundari tree is Heritiera fomes. Besides the sundari, an abundance of gewa trees can also be seen in this forest. The Sundarbans is home to 453 species of animal in all, including 290 species of bird, 120 species of fish, 42 species of mammal, 35 species of reptile and 8 species of amphibian. So when it comes to biodiversity the Sundarbans really is remarkable! And everyone knows about the Sundarbans' famous Royal Bengal Tiger!