Research overview: transboundary management of the climate-exposed Sundarbans

The Sundarbans straddle India and Bangladesh, so safeguarding its tigers against climate change requires coordinated cross-border action. This overview surveys how the two nations monitor and manage their portions of the forest, the differing data and protected-area regimes, and the case for joint planning given that sea-level rise, salinity, and cyclones ignore borders. It reviews shared challenges in freshwater management, embankments, and forest governance. The synthesis frames transboundary cooperation as essential for a single ecological unit facing a unified climate threat, illustrating how the governance of climate adaptation for one tiger population spans two countries, multiple agencies, and the upstream water policy of an entire river basin.