On the State of Honey Production in the Indian Sundarban Mangrove Forests : A Sample Survey
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Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata ,IN
S. K. Pramanik -
Social Environmental and Biological Association, Kolkata ,INN. C. Nandi
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Honey Productions of Indian Sundarban as per figures received from Forest Department, Govt. of West Bengal were 34.48 M.T., 29.57 M. T., 65.61 M. T. and 59.93 M. T. in the years 2012-13, 2013-14, 214-15 and 2015-16 respectively. The plight of honey collectors are many fold (Kothari, 2015; Pramanik, in press). Honey collectors of this region often resort to harvesting of honey during the months of April to July, though official permits are issued usually for the months of April and May.Downloads
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