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• 48 forested islands
• 54 populated islands
• 1.5 million people on
islands (estimated)
Features of Populated Islands
Saline water on
Lost agriculture
agricultural fields
Effect on the mangrove forest and ecology: NIL
% of households (study 25 36 20 15 4
estimate)
% of households having 44 34 35 33 36
migrant labourer (after
Aila)
Observations:
• No work has yet been started at ground level: One and half
year after the cyclone
Policy Implication
Help the poor to migrate/relocate (from some of these islands)