Season II of big cat count after rains
Calcutta: Five hundred pairs of all-weather night-vision cameras will be installed across the Sunderbans Tiger Reserve and South 24-Parganas division for the second round of tiger census in the mangroves
Sundarbans
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Sundarbans threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’, says UN expert
Last year, the High Court of Bangladesh directed the Government not to approve any industrial development within the 10-kilometre buffer zone of the reserved forest, but according to UNESCO, approvals
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India, B'desh Coast Guards conducting exercise on pollution
The Indian Coast Guard is conducting a bilateral table-top exercise on maritime pollution response with Bangladesh Coast Guard at the regional headquarters (North East) of the ICG here today. ICG (NE)
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Aquatic salinization and mangrove species in a changing climate: impact in the Indian Sundarbans
This paper contributes to understanding the physical and economic effects of salinity diffusion and planning for appropriate adaptation for managing the Sundarbans in a changing climate, with a focus on
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Climate change induced food insecurity of the children across social layers: a comparative case study from Indian Sundarbans
The Sundarbans, the mangrove forest delta shared both by India and Bangladesh, is among the worst hit regions of climate change in the world. Even though food insecurities due to climate change are felt
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A global map of mangrove forest soil carbon at 30 m spatial resolution
<p>With the growing recognition that effective action on climate change will require a combination of emissions reductions and carbon sequestration, protecting, enhancing and restoring natural carbon sinks
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal bandhs and fisheries detrimental to the existence of Sundarbans, West Bengal, 16/04/2018
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench) in the matter of Abdullah Sardar Vs Divisional Forest Officer & Others dated 16/04/2018 regarding illegal bandhs and fisheries detrimental
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Bringing together voices to address climate change uncertainty in the Indian Sundarbans
The majority of the five million people that live in the deltaic Indian Sundarbans face continuous uncertainties in relation to their shelter, livelihoods, and health. Climate change is one of the key
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State of art report on biodiversity in Indian Sundarbans
<p><img alt="" src="http://cdn.downtoearth.org.in/dte/userfiles/images/tiger(11).jpg" style="width: 330px; height: 215px; margin: 14px; float: left;" />To ensure conservation of the rich biodiversity of
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Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal encroachment and destruction of mangroves in Sundarbans, South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, 14/12/2017
<p>Order of the National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone Bench, Kolkata) in the matter of Abdulla Sardar Vs Divisional Forest Officer and Others dated 14/12/2017 regarding illegal encroachment and destruction