Economic factors and corruption are the main stumbling blocks that hinder and in some cases reverse the attempts to protect Sundarbans and its wildlife. As the population grows larger, the greater the pressure to turn the world’s largest mangrove forest into a source of income. Poachers and illegal loggers have connections that allow them to continue their deadly trade with impunity. This is the prime theme of the environmental novel “Fear Not the Spirit”.     Mubarak Al Mansur is the District Forest Officer of the eastern zone of the Sundarbans. Ever since he took office, he clashed with a vicious circle of bandits led by Ya. Ya and his men had been poaching and lo...