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 …
CANNING (WEST BENGAL): A tiger has been roaming in a village near Sundarbans giving the shivers to forest officials since morning on Monday. Forest officials said the local people of Jharkhali village had spotted the tiger which must have come from the nearby Herobanga jungle. Despite efforts to catch it, …
The number of Royal Bengal Tigers are gradually reducing in the Sundarbans due to the adverse impact of climate change, which has also changed the behaviors of majestic tigers making them more ferocious now than ever before.Officials said increased salinity in rivers of the world's largest mangrove forests, rising temperature …
Ananya Dutta KOLKATA: They endured the monsoon rains in temporary tarpaulin shelters pitched on embankments. Now, six months after the devastating cyclone pounded the region on May 25, Aila victims in the estuarine islands of the Sunderbans must brave the elements this winter since the promised compensation for rebuilding their …
We present evidence that the Indian Sundarbans is experiencing the effects of climate change over the last three decades. Observations of selected variables, such as the surface water temperature, salinity, pH, dissolved oxygen, and transparency show significant long-term variation over a period of 27 years (1980
West Bengal has asked the Centre to raise the issue of threat to the Sundarbans, one of the three most-threatened deltas in the world, at the Copenhagen summit on climate change next month. "Keeping in mind the forthcoming Copenhagen Summit, I hope its outcome must be based on consensus, cooperation …
The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January next year. Till now, pug marks were used to count the tigers, but there was always controversy regarding the veracity. During the 2006 census, the state government …
The government today worked out a compensation package for 6,000 acres to be acquired in the Sunderbans to build embankments washed away because of cyclone Aila in May. There was no official announcement on the amount to be offered but sources said it could be between Rs 5 lakh and …
Shagufta Kalim Through its many initiatives, Water for People is making clean water an accessible reality in West Bengal's rural areas. The project started in 2005 and it has been showing the required results when and where it matters the most. Around the world, 884 million people do not have …
Sheba Mridha sobs uncontrollably as she looks at the thick mangrove forest on the other bank of Ganral river at Gosaba delta in Sundarbans. She was widowed a couple of months ago when a Royal Bengal Tiger killed her husband Ramesh Mridha (32) as he was catching crabs in the …
Sanjib Chakraborty BASIRHAT, 19 OCT: Six months after the devastation caused by cyclone Aila, several villages in the Sunderbans still remain cut off from the rest of the state, as the roads connecting Kolkata with these remote areas are yet to be repaired. The sub-divisional authorities have been showing reluctance …
Mango buds, honeysuckle and muster-flower are blooming earlier in the winter. Foggy days are longer than in the past and northern part of Bangladesh is no more cooler. Cyclone and flood are becoming common and frequent every year. These are indications of a warming climate. The Bangladesh is particularly vulnerable …
Banana is a common horticultural crop in the Sunderbans region though there are hardly any cultivation of proven commercial elite varieties that can yield much higher incomes per unit of area under the crop. Keeping in mind the promise that banana holds as a cash generating crop for the Sunderbans …
When documentary filmmaker Sudhesh Unniraman, 38, was approached by a producer from AIM Television to document the plight of the Ganga, he knew there was not much research to be done.
Scientists and researchers at a dialogue in Rajshahi on Monday categorically stated that the industrial and richer nations are responsible for the climate change and they should take effective decisions right now to face the adverse impact of climate change and other environmental degradations. They viewed that the climate change …
Margaret Williams / Sunderbans (gosaba & Basanti) September 02, 2009, 0:18 IST The Sunderbans boast the highest concentration of solar home panels in India thanks to the efforts of a former government scientific officer. Sustainable technology may be the next big thing for India Inc, but for S P Gon …
This new UNEP report warns that the pace and extent of climate change may exceed even the most sobering expectations voiced by IPCC fourth assessment report. It is based on findings of more than 400 major peer-reviewed scientific studies & research institutions over the last three years. Climate Change Science …
There is no let up in the overall flood situation in Bihar with major rivers in spate even as 1.5 million people continue to be affected by the deluge in 11 north Bihar districts, official sources said. The Central Water Commission sources said major rivers like Kosi, Mahananda, Bagmati, Kamala …
