Ashiqur Rahman Tamim^1,2, Muhammad Mainuddin Patwary^1,2, Mondira Bardhan^1,3, Md Ismay Azam Badhon^1,2, Md Shahinur Rahman^1,4, Imran Chowdhury Sakib^1,2, Afif Iftikhar^1,2, Md Pervez Kabir^1,5, Md. Najmus Sayadat Pitol^6,7, Chameli Saha⁸ and Matthew H E M Browning³, (1)Environment and Sustainability Research Initiative, Khulna, Bangladesh, (2)Khulna University, Life Science School, Environmental Science Discipline, Khulna, Bangladesh, (3)Clemson University, Virtual Reality and Nature Lab, Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, Clemson, United States, (4)The University of Southern Mississippi, Coastal Sciences Division, School of Ocean Science and Engineering, Mississippi, United States, (5)University of Ottawa, Department of Civil Engineering, Ottawa, Canada, (6)Bangladesh Forest Research Institute, Mangrove Silviculture Division, Khulna, Bangladesh, (7)Federal University of Ceará (UFC), Institute of Marine Sciences (LABOMAR), Fortaleza, Brazil, (8)Khulna University, Forestry and Wood Technology Discipline, Life Science School, Khulna, Bangladesh