Today is World Mangrove Day. Each year the day is celebrated on 26th of July, aiming to raise awareness of the importance of mangrove ecosystems as a unique, special and vulnerable ecosystem and to promote solutions for their sustainable management, conservation and uses. <br />''<br />''The International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem had been adopted by the General Conference of UNESCO in 2015. <br />''<br />''In West Bengal, the Largest Single Plantation Drive to Save the Sundarbans is Underway. <br />''<br />''<br />''AIR correspondent reports, the mangroves of Sundarbans not only provide sustainable livelihoods to millions of people but also function as a protective barrier for its inhabitants from natural calamities by taking the lashes on itself. <br />''<br />''However, back to back cyclones have caused the degrading health of mangroves which affects their resilience and recovery potential against climate change consequences. <br />''<br />''The State Government has been carrying out a massive plantation drive covering the three coastal districts of West Bengal- South 24 Parganas, North 24 Parganas and Purba Medinipur. <br />''<br />''Plantation of 15 crore saplings over 10 thousand acres of land has been initiated. Women members of Self -Help Groups in these districts have been actively planting mangroves in the Sunderbans under the MNREGA. <br />''<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Mangrove Nurseries have been roped in to work which already prepared over one crore saplings, which will be planted from this September. </span><br />