Plant 50 million mangroves in the Sundarbans? Improbable, say experts

Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had decided on the plantation to compensate for plants lost during Cyclone Amphan

Sunderbans threatened

India, Bangladesh to save Sunderbans

Sea level rise submerges disputed island in the Bay of Bengal

Human Rights Day: How children use their agency to build a safer, greener environment

Young crusaders in the Sundarbans are making efforts to convince community members to plant trees and nurture them so that their future is safeguarded

Oh dear!

The decision to import deer into mangroves lacks scientific understanding

Two ‘tiger widows’ in the Sundarbans granted Rs 5 lakh each by Calcutta High Court, kindling hopes for others

About 30 fisherfolk or honey gatherers fall prey to tigers annually in the Sundarbans as per unofficial estimates; the kin of most are not …

Cyclone Yaas: Record evacuation saves lives in Sundarbans but not livelihoods

Flood waters brought about by rains due to Cyclone Yaas breached embankments across region; residents used their bodies to plug embankment …

Only 3,000 tigers left in the world, says IUCN

While India has registered an impressive growth in the tiger population, studies reveal that the big cats could be wiped off the face of the …

Sedimental attraction

A drowning delta can be rescued by changing the nature of its sediments, new theory claims

Sundarbans, several areas of Kolkata incommunicado 24 hours after Amphan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal and Odisha on May 22 

South Bengal ravaged by Cyclone Amphan

Around 10-12 people may have died and property worth a lakh crore rupees destroyed, Mamata Banerjee tells reporters 

Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?

People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …

A hard rain’s falling

Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans

'Aila was imperialist design'

Barges carrying fly ash from India to Bangladesh eroding Sundarbans: Bengal minister

Ghoramara island erosion cited as proof by a scientist; central agencies deny allegation

Warming Bay: An ongoing heatwave in India’s eastern sea is causing extreme rain in its northwest, say experts

A warmer Bay of Bengal is likely playing a role in increasing faster timescale depressions and reducing slower timescale depressions  

Disaster strikes Bengal’s Mousuni island third time in 10 months

Recent breach in embankments follow the devastatations caused by cyclones Amphan, Bulbul

Book: Sunderbans-The mystic mangroves

Book>> Sunderbans-The Mystic Mangroves by Biswajit Roy Chowdhury and Pradeep Vyas Published by Niyogi Books

'Mystery cat not a new species'

WII says it could be a leopard cat or a hybrid between wild and domestic cat

India may have highest climate risk globally but its banks are unprepared to support climate action: Report

Yes Bank emerged as leader in climate-risk preparedness; State Bank of India most exposed to coal sector

Cyclone Amphan: How brick homes, Aila embankments saved the day at Sundarbans village

The embankments made in the aftermath of Cylone Aila of 2009 stood firm against the disaster, claimed officials

Amphan aftermath: Crab trading hit, Sundarbans villagers left to fend for themselves

The cyclone along with COVID-19 lockdown has affected crab catching and trading — a major source of livelihood in Sundarabans 

Saving for rainy days

People of West Bengal’s Sunderbans region are setting up grain banks to safeguard against food crisis

Chemical imbalance

Waters of the Sunderbans are turning hostile to estuarine life

Loss and damage funding officially included in COP27 agenda

Loss and damage financing has been a long-standing demand of developing and vulnerable countries including India