Resumen de Mangrove forest: Sustainable management and existing silvicultural practice in Bangladesh
The Mangrove in Bangladesh is a deltaic mangrove forest called Sundarbans, formed about 7000 years ago by the deposition of sediments from the foothills of the Himalayas through the Gangesriver system, and is situated southwest of Bangladesh and south of West Bengal, India. The management of the resources of the Sundarbans natural mangrove areas on a sustainable basis, while protecting the high level of biodiversity with in the largest continues mangrove area in the world, stretching for around 260 km along the Bay of Bangle from the Hooghly River Estuary, India to the Meghna River Estuary in Bangladesh. Management of the Sundarbans has been based on selective felling with particular felling cycle and minimal DBHs adjusted for each of the main commercial species. The allowable annual cut is determined by ongoing forest inventoriesto ensure harvesting is equal or lower than the growth and reproduction rate however despite the adaptation of sustainable yield, some degradation of the mangroves is occurring, the primarycauses being human interference (e.g. Illegal harvesting and pollution) and change hydroedaphic conditions (e.g. erosion and accretion, increase soil salinity), although mangrove ecosystems in Bangladesh have tremendous value for coastal communities, associated species and both nature conservation and timber production.
