Old trees in our time: glimpses from the lower Gangetic Delta, India

Old trees are ubiquitous but ignored living heritage in productive anthropogenic landscapes. Their intricate association with humans is interwoven into a diverse social, cultural, and religious milieu. This exploratory research on old trees across the eastern state of India has hitherto recorded a large number of old trees and uncovered a multitude of socio-religious connections with impending challenges and probable way-outs.