The programme also seeks to create sustainable economic opportunities for villages in the Sundarbans, the world's largest ...

A private sector-led project aims to restore 4,500 hectares of degraded mangroves in West Bengal's Sundarbans, creating ...

Over 10,000 fishermen started drying fish in the Sundarbans on Monday as they do every year in the dry season in this area.

Kolkata: On Sunday as siblings across West Bengal celebrated 'Bhaiphota', the women of Sundarbans coastal communities ...

Ten fishermen, who were kidnapped by robbers, have been rescued by the Forest Department officers after a gunfight from Takkakhali area in the Sundarbans's Chunkuri River. Three boats, a solar panel ...

The annual Rash Festival at Dublar Char in the Sundarbans is now open to tourists of all religions. The festival had been restricted to Hindus for the past four years to protect the region's delicate ...

KHULNA, Oct 31, 2024 (BSS) - The forest department has designated five water routes for devotees heading to Dublar Char in ...

Odisha enhances mangrove forests to shield against cyclones. Bhitarkanika's role highlighted by Minister Suresh Pujari amidst ...

In pockets like Howrah and Hooghly, rapid real estate development are swallowing up wetlands, home to fishing cats and a host ...

Mangroves are salt-tolerant trees and shrubs typical of estuarine and intertidal regions, meaning they grow in areas where ...

The devastation could have been severe if Cyclone Dana had not made landfall in the mangrove-covered Bhitarkanika area under ...

Writings from the Sundarbans edited by Indranil Acharya and Sayantan Dasgupta, Hyderabad: Orient Blackswan Private Limited, ...