Harmonizing Sundarban's Economy & The Mangrove Ecosystem Preparing an agriculture field(photo credit- Ankita Mondal) Tending to a mangrove nursery(photo credit- Shruti Kulkarni) Mangrove plantation in a river bank(photo credit- Ankita Mondal) Sundarbans are the largest mangrove forest in the world. The Indian side has 102 islands, 54 of which are inhabited by more than 4.5 million people. The inhabited islands are spread across~5400 sq. km covering 181 panchayats in two districts of West Bengal. The region has been hit by 4 cyclones in the last 5 years Fani& Bulbul(2019), Amphan(2020), Yaas(2021)