People residing in and around the Sundarbans the world's largest mangrove forest are being forced to spend their meager incomes on buying drinking water as climate change and local policies exhaust their options.
With tropical cyclones, people in Sundarbans observe high tides that leads to flooding of banks, ponds and rivers. There is massive destruction not only of fish but also of vegetables that people grow
From fuelwood for thermal energy, thatching leaves, cutting trees for timber, to forest resources like fishes, crabs and honey, all come from mangroves and help people of Sundarbans make ends meet