“We were powerless, like children.” Ghoramara Island, India, on the western edge of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, has been robbed of its protective mangroves by tree cutting and sea-level ...
Seventy java fish, caught in the nets of fishermen in Arpangasia River of West Sundarbans in Satkhira, were sold for Tk1.57 lakh today (28 September). Majid Gazi, a resident of Sora village of ...
"The risk of saltwater crocodiles and Bengal tigers, tides and treacherous terrain make the field work even more difficult," ...
There are few sites as important to, or even as emblematic of, Bangladesh than the Sundarbans. The mangrove forest not only plays a pivotal role in maintaining ecological balance for much of the ...
Forty paintings made by children in a remote Sunderbans village were displayed at a star hotel in Alipore on Saturday. The ...
THE term ‘Blue Carbon’ refers to carbon that is absorbed by oceans and coastal ecosystems worldwide. Many of us have likely ...
“We started off for the Sundarbans after wrapping up a show in Hooghly district on the evening of August 24. We ventured into the mangrove forests on the morning of August 25, accompanied by ...
The Sundarbans, a UNESCO world heritage site famed for its mangrove forest, is home to thousands of fishermen who fish ...
Mangala’s grief is the same as thousands of other mothers across the Sundarbans in West Bengal, whose children have lost their lives to drowning over the years. A 2019 household survey conducted ...
Kolkata: Nine Indian fishermen are feared dead after their trawler capsized in the Bay of Bengal during a storm, an official ...