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 …
The proposed 1320MW Rampal coal-fired power plant needs an independent body of environmental experts to monitor its ecological compliances required to meet as per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, reports UNB. The Department of Environment (DoE) set the condition for the project while approving the EIA, according to official …
The proposed 1320MW Rampal coal-fired power plant needs an independent body of environmental experts to monitor its ecological compliances required to meet as per the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) report, reports UNB. The Department of Environment (DoE) set the condition for the project while approving the EIA, according to official …
The straying of Royal Bengal Tigers into villages around the Sunderbans forest has seen a dramatic decline after erection of nylon net-fencing on the forest-village interface. Not a single case of tiger straying into villages surrounding the forest had been reported this year, field director of the Sunderban tiger reserve …
This report is a compilation of best practices on convergence of MGNREGA with other schemes from fourteen states across the country - Andhra Pradesh, A& N Islands, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Kerala, Odisha, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal. Recognizing the need for …
Fresh tiger estimation would be carried out in South 24 Parganas Forest division of Sundarban Biosphere Reserve with the first study providing interesting results. Recently, the governor of West Bengal M K Narayanan sighted two tigers in the Sundarbans during his visit to this unique mangrove forest and arguably, the …
Researchers from India, Britain and Bangladesh are studying the impact of climate change on livelihoods of those living in Sunderbans mangroves, the world's largest mangrove forests. More than two-thirds of the forest lies in Bangladesh, the focus of the study, and the rest in West Bengal. Under the ongoing Ecosystem …
Will Sunderbans, the world's largest tiger habitat, survive a century later? Will millions living in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin be forced to migrate? Will water that is now available in abundance in this belt become a scarce commodity? Will agricultural productivity in the catchment area decline alarmingly as salinity increases? Will …
Will Sunderbans, the world's largest tiger habitat, survive a century later? Will millions living in the Ganga-Brahmaputra-Meghna basin be forced to migrate? Will water that is now available in abundance in this belt become a scarce commodity? Will agricultural productivity in the catchment area decline alarmingly as salinity increases? Will …
India is planning a new tiger sanctuary inside the world’s largest mangrove forest after a previously undiscovered group of the endangered beasts was discovered, wildlife officials have said. The reserve is planned inside the Sundarbans, a forest that straddles West Bengal’s border with Bangladesh, to protect the tigers from poachers …
Poachers killed a number of deer at Dublar Char area of the Sundarbans during the Rashmela Hindu festical in the last three days, despite various preventive measures taken by the Forest Department and the law enforcement agencies including Coastguard. In a drive on Friday midnight, a special team of West …
Environment and forests minister Hasan Mahmud slammed Transparency International, Bangladesh for its recent investigation report on the government’s climate change trust fund utilization. Read more in this October 2013 edition of the Monthly Bangladesh State of the Environment Report published by the South Asia Environment Portal. Read and Share. ENVIRONMENT …
The National Committee on Thursday rejected prime minister Sheikh Hasina’s claim that the Rampal coal-based thermal power plant would not harm the environment. The prime minister on Wednesday told parliament that Rampal thermal power plant would not damage the environment as Barapukuria coal-based thermal power plant set up many years …
The prime minister, Sheikh Hasina, told parliament on Wednesday that Rampal power plant near the Sundarban would have no negative impact on the environment as claimed by a section of environmentalist groups in Bangladesh. ‘Inshallah, there will be no damage to the environment,’ she said during the question-answer session of …
If you are planning a weekend trip to the Sunderbans, you can now look beyond the Sajnekhali wildlife sanctuary. With the state notifying the West Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary last month, the UNESCO World Heritage Site got its largest sanctuary. Comprising the forests of Chulkathi and Dhulibashani, this will be the …
THE government postponed tiger census in the Sunderbans for the fourth time in one month. The census of the Bengal Tigers using hidden cameras was postponed this time due to delay in arrival of an Indian expert and researcher named Dipanjan Naha, said forest conservator for wildlife management and nature …
Camera trapped census of the Bengal Tiger population and monitoring in the Sundarbans kicked off here today. More than a thousand field workers are using 89 cameras for trapping to count the total tiger population in the Bangladesh part of the world's largest mangrove forest, which also covers part of …
National Citizen Society (NCS) at a discussion yesterday demanded cancellation of the proposed power plant project at Rampal near the Sundarbans. The Sundarbans will eventually be destroyed if the proposed coal-fired thermal power plant is constructed in its proximity, said Nasir Uddin Munshi, chairman of NCS. The discussion was held …
Leaders of National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Ports have said they will put up ‘mass resistance’ to the implementation of Rampal Thermal Power Plant Project in Bagerhat. The national committee on Wednesday staged demonstrations across the country in protest at the implementation of the power …
The High Court (HC) dismissed Sunday a writ petition seeking a stay on the coal-fired power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans until assessment of the environmental impacts of the controversial project, reports UNB. A joint bench of HC, comprising Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md Badruzzaman, passed the …
The High Court on Sunday summarily rejected a writ petition that had sought to halt the foundation stone laying of Rampal power plant project near the Sundarbans forest until an assessment of the environmental impact of the project was conducted. A bench of Justice M Moazzam Husain and Justice Md …
