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 movement against the proposed India-Bangladesh joint venture coal-based power plant at Rampal near the Sundarbans is getting stronger day by day drawing wide public support. Former MP of Bagerhat-3 constituency Talukdar Abdul Khalek, also immediate past Mayor of Khulna City Corporation, played a vigorous role in implementing the much-hyped …
Physicinas, academics and politicians on Tuesday urged the governemnt to relocate the proposed Rampal power plant from Sundarbans area to save the forest from destruction. At a human chain, they urged people to get united by saying that Sundarban is the pride of this nation and it is the duty …
After spoiling all the alternatives to ensure incessant power supply to the people, the government is now on course to destroy Sundarbans by setting up power plant at Rampal, observed leaders of the National Committee to Protect Oil, Gas, Mineral Resources, Power and Port on Sunday, reports UNB. At a …
With a view to saving it from grabbers, the government has declared 0.122 million acres of land as 'reserve forests' in four costal districts. The initiative will also protect the areas from natural disasters like cyclones, high tide & low tide and landslides, officials said. The newly emerged 'char-lands' in …
A five-day pilot survey of Bengal Tigers, which is the first phase of the Bengal Tiger Census and Monitoring project, will begin in the Sundarbans today. More than a thousand field workers will use camera traps to count the total tiger population in the Bangladesh part of the world’s largest …
Industries located along the Gangetic delta in Haldia, Kolkata and its outskirts are polluting the fragile ecosystem of Sundarbans, home to 40 lakh people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, a latest study says. The research, conducted by a group of scientists from Calcutta University and Techno India University, says there …
ALARMING decrease in water flow down the rivers have caused high salinity in both water and soil of the Sundarbans causing a massive change in floral and faunal composition of the world's largest mangrove forest. According to the latest report of World Conservation Monitoring, a long-term ecological change is taking …
Sustainable power supply is a major precondition for the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. The Government has given top priority to the development of power sector considering its importance in overall development of the country. To this end, the government has set the goal of providing electricity to all citizens by …
The fragile ecology of the Sundarbans delta, which is home to four million people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, is now facing a fresh threat from large-scale construction of concrete embankments all over the islands, environmentalists have warned. Doubting the feasibility of these embankments as coastal erosion is constantly re-shaping …
The fragile ecology of the Sundarbans delta, which is home to four million people and the Royal Bengal Tiger, is now facing a fresh threat from large-scale construction of concrete embankments all over the islands, environmentalists have warned. Doubting the feasibility of these embankments as coastal erosion is constantly reshaping …
The ongoing extension of the electric grid to the remote islands of Sundarbans will not only adversely affect the viability of existing renewable energy projects, but will also accelerate the process of climate change, experts say. “In view of the growing threat of climate change and contribution of the electricity …
The ongoing extension of the electric grid to the remote islands of Sundarbans will not only adversely affect the viability of existing renewable energy projects, but will also accelerate the process of climate change, experts say. "In view of the growing threat of climate change and contribution of the electricity …
The Centre has approved the state's plan to take immediate steps against climate change. It will be executed by the state government once the funds are released. The funding agency, however, is yet to be decided. A senior environment department official said that West Bengal was one of the few …
Addressing the potential to be harmed along the Indian coast by Anurag Danda, WWF at CSE Climate change adaptation workshop: Towards Climate Resilient Communities in South Asia: Emerging Policies and Practices (New Delhi, December 13 - 14, 2012).
Increasing human pressures and ecosystem changes are posing combined threat to the population of endangered Royal Bengal tigers, in Sundarbans. This has been stressed in an expert study titled ‘Sharing Lessons on Mangrove Restoration’. This has been conducted by the International Union For Conservation of Nature The Sundar-bans cover 10,000 …
Getting an UID is no longer just a unique human right. Tigers can have it too. The National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) issued a guideline on Monday, proposing to assign a unique identification (UID) number to each tiger captured through camera traps. The NTCA wants to create a national repository …
The Bangladesh Agriculture Minister, Begum Matia Chowdhury, today expressed concern over the problem of soil salinity in coastal areas and called for intensifying research and development activities for effective ‘salinity management” in coastal areas. Matia Chowdhury, who visited the Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) here to interact with soil …
Suspense over the exact number of tigers in India continued in the Supreme Court Wednesday when the Centre and other parties in a case relating to eco-tourism guidelines for the tiger reserves assumed contradictory positions on whether the number of big cats has risen or gone down. The exactness of …
The Sundarbans forests in its entirety in India and Bangladesh is about 10,000 sq km, of which 40% lies in southeast West Bengal in India. This mangrove forest is divided into the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve and 24 Parganas (South) Forest Division, and is the only mangrove forest in the world …
This study was performed to elucidate the distribution, concentration trend and possible sources of total mercury (HgT) and methylmercury (MeHg) in sediment cores (<63 μm particle size; n = 75) of Sundarban mangrove wetland, northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal, India. Total mercury was determined by atomic …
