Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (November 22, 2022)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

The Sundarbans: India must protect the world’s largest delta from a dystopian future, and now

We must get out of ‘beyond disaster response’ mode in the Sundarbans and take urgent action to save it

Simply Put: Tiger widows of the Sundarbans

Facing the axe

Bangladesh mulls major felling drive in the Sundarbans area

Weak dyke floods Mousuni despite Cyclone Jawad fizzling out, 5000 affected

Mousuni is on the frontlines of global climate change impact and has suffered major loss and damage four times in last two years

Sundarbans’ ‘swamp tigers’ could be gone in 50 years, warns study

Climate change, rising seas, industrial development and construction of new roads would hasten the tigers’ end, it says

Proposed thermal plant will damage Sundarbans

Instead of proposing a coal-fired thermal power plant in an eco-sensitive zone, Bangladesh could have collaborated with India in building up …

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

Wolf snapped in the Sundarbans for the first time

It is a stray individual that has dispersed nearly 350 km from the nearest wolf population in Purulia, say experts

Rise in salinity threatens Gangetic river dolphin habitats

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

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

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

High tide would have meant saline water inundating the delta area

Science & Technology - Briefs

A K Ghosh, voice of people of Sundarbans, passes away at 81

The renowned environmentalist also researched on the effects of climate change and extreme weather events on people’s lives

‘Sundarbans is no dumping ground for rejected technology’

The Rampal power plant threatens the biological wealth of Sundarbans as well as the economy of people of Bangladesh and will render the coastline …

Theft in tiger country

From the blurbs

Crab fattening: a business opportunity through climate change adaptation

The cyclone-affected in Bangladesh have found a lucrative source of income in crab farming

2 days after Amphan landfall, Sagar island still left in the lurch

Local administration in the island struggle with limited resources in the aftermath of cyclone Amphan

Amphan will bring saline water 25 km inland, cause large scale inundation: IMD

A storm surge will cause large-scale flooding and bring saline water in agricultural fields and people’s homes

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?

Cyclone Amphan and high tide: A 1 hour gap saved Sundarbans from an even bigger disaster

Experts say Aila was worse; that, however, is little consolation to the thousands who have lost home and hearth

Cyclone Amphan’s damage to Sundarbans’ wildlife not known yet

People dependent on the mangrove forest such as honey collectors and fishermen will be affected too