The world is making progress towards ending the loss of mangrove forests, according to this new report by the FAO. Found on the coastlines of 123 countries worldwide, over 20 percent of mangroves are estimated to have been lost globally over the past 40 years, mainly due to both human …
European Union leaders have assured that Bangladesh will get adequate funding from the promised European Union Climate Change Adaptation Fund. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina received the assurance when she separately met with President of Council of the European Union Van Rompuy and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso …
Failure to create the 30-billion dollars climate fund even after one year of international commitment in Copenhagen will badly affect developing countries like Bangladesh, the Maldives and Ethiopia, said environmentalists at a climate change workshop in Delhi yesterday. Indian minister of state for environment and forests Jairam Ramesh, however, said …
The Union minister for environment and forest, Mr Jairam Ramesh, today said any global consensus during the climate change summit in Cancun starting from 27 November is unlikely and the most viable option for India is to hold grounds as far as compromises are concerned. The minister was speaking at …
A full-grown Royal Bengal Tiger trapped by forest officials of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) has become a cause for concern for the latter as the tiger weighed much less than any other tiger trapped in the mangrove forest in the past 20 years. The tiger trapped on 23 October …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: Scientists and officials of the Sunderban Tiger Reserve are investigating whether the Sunderban tiger is a different sub-species compared to those found in the sub-continent, officials told The Hindu on Sunday. The Sunderban tiger exhibits certain distinctive morphological adaptations that make it particularly suited to the mangrove …
The conservation broth has got eager hands to stir it. Some throw in extra spices to experiment with the taste. But that sometimes spoils the broth. For instance, the forest department’s prescription to tackle the dearth of prey base for tigers in the Sunderbans: release deer in the mangroves. The …
KOLKATA, 19 SEPT: Forest officials of the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) successfully tranquillized a full grown female Royal Bengal tiger from Kumirmari island of Gosaba in South 24-Parganas last night. According to forest officials, the big cat, which is around 10 feet long, had strayed into a village last night. …
Opening up the possibility for the redevelopment of hundreds of slums along the Mumbai coastline, the Environment Ministry has decided to relax Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms for areas having special development needs such as Greater Mumbai and Kerala. The CRZ notification of 1991, that seeks to protect and regulate …
Special regulations for Goa, Mumbai and Sunderbans region HERALD CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI, SEPT 14 The Environment and Forest Ministry has come out with a fresh draft of the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification, 2010, improving upon the one issued in April, with special regulations for Goa, Mumbai, Kerala and the …
Calcutta, Aug. 19: Six spotted deer died early this morning when they were being translocated to the Sunderbans from Parmadan deer park in North 24-Parganas. Locked inside small wooden enclosures, 25 deer, in four trucks, were being taken to Godkhali ghat, around 80km from Calcutta, from where they were to …
KOLKATA, 19 AUG: While six out of 25 deer died when they were being relocated to Dobanki camp in the Sunderbans from Parmadan Deer Park in North 24-Parganas, three more were killed following a fight among themselves at the Parmadan Park today. The deer were being taken from Parmadan to …
The World Bank (WB) is helping Bangladesh carry out a series of studies to develop a program for sustainable development of the Sundarbans, the world's single largest mangrove forest in the country's south-western part. A comprehensive plan based on these studies would be developed to integrate prioritized interventions to address …
India has a vast extent of coast line of about 8000 km spanning 13 maritime mainland statesand Union Territories, which are home to a diversity of coastal and marine ecosystems,comprising nationally and globally significant biodiversity (Venkataraman and Wafar, 2005).It also supports almost 30% of its human population being dependent on …
The devastating storm, Aila, lashed three blocks in South 24-Parganas, Kultali, Basanti and Gosaba, one year ago. The river water gushed into the villages and thousands of mud built huts collapsed. Cultivable lands were submerged under six to seven feet of water during the storm. However, after the storm and …
KOLKATA, 13 JULY: According to the District Human Development Report on South 24-Parganas, which was released yesterday, 15 per cent of Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forests, may be submerged by the year 2020. However, an uncertainty prevails over the data. An environmentalist who was involved with the project, said …
KOLKATA, 13 JULY: At least 15 per cent of the Sunderbans ~ the world's largest mangrove forests ~ will be submerged by 2020 and neglecting the area further can have global implications as it is highly vulnerable to climate change, says a UNDP report. The District Human Development Report (DHDR) …
The District Human Development Report (DHDR) of South 24-Parganas released on 12th July 2010, says 15% of Sunderbans may be submerged by 2020. The report identifies the most pressing developmental constraints of the district. It explores the state of education, health-care, challenges of livelihood, standard of living index, and also …
Cyclone Aila seemed to have broken the back of agriculture in the Sunderbans. Most observers, including Santadas Ghosh, felt it would be years before agricultural activity got back to normal. But just three months after the cyclone, salinity notwithstanding, seeds were sprouting and the freshwater ecology stirring with life.
In recent decades, market forces have prompted farmers in the Sunderbans to choose modern, high-yielding varieties of paddy, oblivious to their sensitivity to salt. Cyclone Aila, which caused a huge inundation of salt in the fields, proved that this was a costly mistake: every farmer who sowed the modern seed …
