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The world's largest mangrove forest is on the verge of becoming a ghost forest.
Fires are raging in Bangladesh's Sundarbans forest, which is also home to the Royal Bengal Tiger, and firefighters are trying to put out dozens of blazes that are still burning out of control, Bengali-language newspapers Prothom Alo and Samakal report.
The Sundarbans, which sits on the bank of the Bay of Bengal, is a world heritage site and locals call the forest "Sundarbans" because of its "enormous natural beauties and resources that hypnotise its visitors, not only because of its enormous natural beauties and resources that hypnotise its visitors, not only because of its enormous resources for its inhabitants, but also because of its immense resources for its inhabitants," a Dhaka-based environmental activist tells AFP.
"Unfortunately, the Sundarbans have been losing its pristine beauty and resources at an exponential pace," he says.
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