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Honey hunters in their boat under bee attacks, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunter poring the aromatic honey, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters in their boat under bee attacks, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters collecting honey from a wild hive, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunter calling colliques by blowing horn, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Honey hunter sweeping the bees off the hive, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Wild honey collected in a clay pot, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunter sweeping the bees off the hive, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters preparing smoke torch to keep the bees away, Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters rowing to well known honey collecting forest areas in Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Flat alluvial plains along Chandpai, Bangladesh.

Cattles along Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Chital deer in mangrove forest near Kotka, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Chital deers in mangrove forest near Kotka, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Monitor lizard, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

King cobra in mangrove forest, Kotka Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Mangrove forests in Kotka coast of Bangladesh.

Mangrove forests in Kotka coast of Bangladesh.

Chital deers in mangrove forest near Kotka, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Mangrove forests in Kotka coast of Bangladesh.

Sunderbans marshy forests, Bangladesh.

Brownwing kingfisher known as machhhranga is an endemic bird to Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Bengali tiger shaman praying to protect honey hunters from Bengal tiger, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Cyclones shelter along Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Barge carrying harvested of Nipo palm leaves in Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Transportation of goods on a bicycle in Khulna, Bangladesh.

Portrait of a Bengali girl in saris, Bangladesh.

Bengali fishermen in Burigualini.

Fruits in market, Khulna Bangladesh.

Cement factory near Khulna, Bangladesh.

People carrying bricks on their head, Khulna Bangladesh.

Bengali fishermen in Burigualini.

32. Kaththokra, flameback woodpecker, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

3. Wild Bengal tiger,in Sunderbans Kotka Bangladesh.

Poor fishing village and thached roof mud houses along Passur River Cahndpai, Bangladesh.

Fishermen set up a shrimp larvea cathing net along Passur River. Houses and shrimp ponds at the background.

Poor fishing village and bustees along Passur River Chandpai, Bangladesh.

Poor fishing village and thached roof mud houses along Passur River Cahndpai, Bangladesh.

Poor fishing village and thached roof mud houses along Passur River Cahndpai, Bangladesh.

Women cathing shrimp larvea in Passur River Chandpai Bangladesh.

Thatched roof mud houses along river bank in in Passur River Chandpai Bangladesh. Those houses are washed away by floods couple of times in a year. People rebuild houses after each hurricane.

Man building a mud house in a fishing village along Passur River Cahndpai, Bangladesh.

Thatched roof mud houses along river bank in in Passur River Chandpai Bangladesh. Those houses are washed away by floods couple of times in a year. People rebuild houses after each hurricane.

Bamboo bridge over a creek in Passur River Chandpai, Bangledesh.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Honey hunter chasing bees away with smoke torch in Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Thatched roof mud house along river bank in Bangladesh.

Inside of honey hunting boat with small cooking fire place, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Honey hunters collecting wild honey in the forest of Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunting boat in Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey collecters having breakfast in their small boat. They live in this boat during two months of honey collecting in Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Bee hive and honeybees in Sunderbans forest, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters collecting wild honey in the forest of Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Barges of wood collecters in Sunderbans Unesco Heritage Site, Bangladesh.

Illegal wood collecting boats in Sunderbans Unesco Heritage Site, Bangladesh.

Illegal wood collecting boats in Sunderbans Unesco Heritage Site, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters collecting wild honey in the forest of Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Passur River, Bangladesh.

Fresh tiger footprint in Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Honey hunters collecting wild honey in the forest of Sunderbans, Bangladesh.

Woman fishermen paddling, Burigualini, Bangladesh.

Women fishermen in Burigualini, Bangladesh.

Portrait of a Bangladeshi girl with shawl in Burigualini, Bangladesh.

Portrait of a Bangladeshi men in Burigualini, Bangladesh

Women checking their catch collected at the end of their pull-nets Burigualini, Bangladesh.

People pulling shrimp larvea nets in Burigualini, Bangladesh.

Bengali woman working on low paid job. Pulling a shrimp larvea net in Burigualini, Bangladesh.

A woman pulling a shrimp larvea net in Burigualini, Bangladesh.

Wood collectors in SUnderbans, Bangladesh.

Sunrise over Shibsha River bank, Bangladesh.

Wood collectors in SUnderbans, Bangladesh.

Mud skippers along river banks in Sunderbans.

Bangladeshi fishermen in paddling in their boat, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi fishermen in paddling in their boat, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi fishermen in paddling in their boat, Sunderbans Bangladesh.

Sorting and weighting of harvested shrimps in a shrimp farm in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Sorting and weighting of harvested shrimps in a shrimp farm in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Shrimp farmer catching shrimps in a shrimp pond by throw net, Shibsha River Bangladesh.

Shrimp farmer catching shrimps in a shrimp pond by throw net, Shibsha River Bangladesh.

Harvesting shrimps in a shrimp farm in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Harvested shrimps in a farm in Bangladesh.

Shrimp farmer showing his harvest near Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Boat carrying fish traps in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Women cathing shrimp larvea in Passur River Chandpai Bangladesh.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishermen showing their catfish catch in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Fishermen showing their catfish catch in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishermen on the mud river bank, Shibsha River Bangladesh.

Fishing boats set up their shrimp larvea (fry) nets in Shibsha River, Bangladesh. There is an ongoing shrimp larvea demand from shrimp farms.

Fishing boats in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Women pulling shrimp larvea (fry) nets along shallow banks of Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Women pulling shrimp larvea (fry) nets along shallow banks of Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Fishing village along Shibsha River at low tide, Bagladesh.

Fishermen pushing their boats to river on low tide in the morning mist, Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

People in front of a hurricane shelter in a river long village Bangladesh.

Fishing boats in Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi man rowing a big cargo boat in Raimangal River near Khulna.

Poor shrimp larvea hunter family and bustees along mud river bank of Shibsha River, Bangladesh.

Men working in a brick factory, Khulna Bangladesh.

River transportation in small ferry boats in Khulna Raimangal River, Bangladesh.

Bangladeshi people getting off from a small ferry in Khulna.

River transportation in small ferry boats in Khulna Raimangal River, Bangladesh.

Bengali man making chapatti bread, Khulna.

Bangladeshi woman and baby, Khulna.