Nature-based solutions can help Sundarbans survive

Mangroves hold crucial resources that can help protect the rich and diverse biosphere

Facing the axe

Bangladesh mulls major felling drive in the Sundarbans area

Series of ash barges sinking raises concerns on Sundarbans ecology

Seeping fuel oil and fly ash could harm aquatic flora and fauna in the area, they warn

South Asia

Bulbul could have damaged Sundarbans more than Aila but for the low tides

High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area

Simply put: Climate change will wipe out the Sundarbans till 2070

Rise in salinity threatens Gangetic river dolphin habitats

Researchers find no dolphins in areas where salinity crosses 10 parts per trillion

Science & Technology - Briefs

Theft in tiger country

From the blurbs

Cyclone Sitrang: Bengal gears up to combat Sundarbans impact

Extremely heavy rainfall will likely accompany the cyclonic storm

Plugging the breaches

Can the people of the Sundarbans find a viable solution to the problem of flooding?

COP28: Kolkata, 100 km from the Sundarbans, demands loss and damage fund support in Dubai

The demand may be echoed by other vulnerable global cities soon, particularly those in south Asia like Colombo, Dhaka and Karachi  

As told to Parliament (February 8, 2023): No starvation death reported by states or UTs, Smriti Irani tells Rajya Sabha

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Save Sunderbans drive

Protective shell

From the blurbs

How to conserve and increase the world’s marine protected areas

DTE coverage of the Fifth International Marine Protected Area Congress in Canada

Now, fishing communities join forest dwellers to demand forest rights in Sundarbans

At least one million fishers depend on the fish catch from the estuarine habitat

Tiger that ate snakes

Bleak future

PARTNERS IN PERIL·Produced and directed by Jahar Kanungo·30 minutes

Sunderbans threatened

India, Bangladesh to save Sunderbans

Sea level rise submerges disputed island in the Bay of Bengal

Oh dear!

The decision to import deer into mangroves lacks scientific understanding

Sundarbans, several areas of Kolkata incommunicado 24 hours after Amphan

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