Traditional way of fishing in the Sundarbans
- 5 years ago
Fishermen of Backpackers' Eco Village, Satjelia eco-village on the Gomdi-Datta River of the highly endangered Sunderbans mangrove village catch big carp fish in a pond in West Bengal. The local name for such ponds is called Pukkhur and Pokhri.
For the foodies, you get to taste a scrumptious platter of fresh fish from the nearby pond.
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the border of India’s Sundarbans World Heritage site inscribed in 1987. The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes. The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species, the Bengal tiger and other threatened species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python.
Source: whc.unesco.org
For the foodies, you get to taste a scrumptious platter of fresh fish from the nearby pond.
The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world (140,000 ha), lies on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adjacent to the border of India’s Sundarbans World Heritage site inscribed in 1987. The site is intersected by a complex network of tidal waterways, mudflats and small islands of salt-tolerant mangrove forests, and presents an excellent example of ongoing ecological processes. The area is known for its wide range of fauna, including 260 bird species, the Bengal tiger and other threatened species such as the estuarine crocodile and the Indian python.
Source: whc.unesco.org