The Sundarbans mangrove forest within
Bangladesh territory is managed under
selection system with natural regeneration
(Chowdhury 1968; Khattak 1979). A large
part of the forest is unproductive. There
are non-commeicial cover (N. C. C.) as
well as barren areas. Seven percent of the
area was devoid of forest cover (Anon.
1960). Another report (Anon. 1985), however,
states this figure to be 2%.
N. O. O. areas are composed of raised
lands or depressions which have become
unsuitable for natural regeneration with
mangrove species. Consequently, there are
potentialities for improvement of the land