Today is World Mangrove Day. Mangrove grows in estuarian areas and plays a vital part in biodiversity. In West Bengal Sunderban is a mangrove forest which is a world heritage site also and is a tiger conservation centre. People of Sunderban earn their livelihood by collecting honey from the dense forests.
Mangrove also plays an important role in transmitting radio waves. In a disaster situation radio waves plays a significant role in relief and rescue work. Mangrove forest plays an important part in absorbing shocks in cyclone and supercylone. West Bengal Radio Club in collaboration with. Purbasha Eco Helpline Society today organised a programme at Chargheri of Gosaba of South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal to aware people about the importance of mangroves.
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