Sundarbans National Park
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How it came to be
In the Ganges delta on the Bay of Bengal, south-east of Kolkata in India, mangrove forests spread across the land. The name comes from the sundari tree that grows here. Protection of the area goes back to 1878.
In 1973 the present park became the core of the Sundarban Tiger Reserve; it was made a wildlife sanctuary in 1977 and a national park on 4 May 1984. At the time of its evaluation in 1987, tiger numbers had risen from 181 in 1976 to 264 in 1983, the largest population in India. It is described as the only mangrove forest in the world inhabited by tigers.
From 1975 to 1982 tigers killed an average of 45 people a year, causing conflict with local people who used the forest. The park was inscribed in 1987, and in 2019 it was also listed as a Ramsar wetland.
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