Dwelling near the erosion-prone riverbank of the mighty Pasur River, 43-year-old Shumi Mondol understands the importance of a mangrove barrier. Next to her cottage in Loudob in Khulna’s Dacope subdistrict, only 4.75 kilometers (2.9 miles) north of the Sundarban mangroves, there was a mangrove belt along the Pasur. Between 2017 and 2022, the government implemented … Continue reading In the Sundarbans, women are embracing mangrove restoration as an alternative livelihood