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Successive Cyclones Attacked the World’s Largest Mangrove Forest Located in the Bay of Bengal under Pandemic

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  • Sahadev Sharma

    (Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences (IOES), University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia)

  • Rempei Suwa

    (Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences (JIRCAS), Tsukuba 305-8686, Japan)

  • Raghab Ray

    (Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8564, Japan)

  • Mohammad Shamim Hasan Mandal

    (Graduate School of Advanced Science and Engineering, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima 739-8511, Japan)

Abstract

Despite the global focus on the COVID-19 pandemic, the promise of impact to tropical coastlines and stochasticity of destruction caused by tropical cyclones remains unaltered, forcing human societies to adapt to new unadaptable scenarios. Super Cyclone Amphan’s landfall—the third cyclone of the season within the world’s largest mangrove forest—brought a new uncertainty to this undeveloped region of South Asia. How do vulnerable people deal with multiple disasters that limit necessary humanitarian response while still maintaining the natural environmental integrity of a system harboring critical wildlife populations and protecting people from further disaster? We explored this reality for the Sundarbans region using a remote sensing technique and found that the western part of Sundarbans mangroves was severely damaged by Amphan, suggesting that rapid remote sensing techniques can help direct resources, and recognize the eventuality that response will be a best effort for now. If 2020 is a window, multiple disaster management scenarios may become more common in the future. Yet, society’s obligation for maintaining environmental integrity remains unchanged.

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  • Sahadev Sharma & Rempei Suwa & Raghab Ray & Mohammad Shamim Hasan Mandal, 2022. "Successive Cyclones Attacked the World’s Largest Mangrove Forest Located in the Bay of Bengal under Pandemic," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 14(9), pages 1-13, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:14:y:2022:i:9:p:5130-:d:801118
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