THE SUNDARBANS TERRAIN IS TURNING HOSTILE TO THE BENGAL TIGER AS SALINITY TAKES A TOLL ON THE FLORA & FAUNA
Prithvijit Mitra & Achintyarup Ray | TNN

Ananya Dutta

GOSABA (SUNDERBANS): In the year that has gone by since cyclone Aila devastated the Sunderbans, livelihood opportunities have dried up for the inhabitants of the region.

The situation has arisen from a failed crops, dwindling fish catches and absence of enterprise and resulted in large scale emigration from the islands.

Calcutta, May 25: The Left Front today observed a 12-hour bandh in the Sunderbans, which was ravaged by cyclone Aila last year, to protest the Centre

KOLKATA: Villages in the Aila-affected region of the Sunderbans witnessed a complete shut-down on Tuesday, the first anniversary of the cyclone, as a result of a twelve-hour strike called by the Left Front in protest against the apathy of the Central government to the plight of the inhabitants of the islands.

Ananya Dutta

The number of tigers in the wild continues to decline, with only around 3,500 wild tigers remaining in the whole world.

With an estimated 300 to 500 tigers, the Sundarbans has an opportunity to contribute significantly to the conservation of tigers and biodiversity that they represent.

However, to make this happen, it requires participation of multiple stakeholders to bring about awareness o

The World Bank (WB) will provide the government with non-lending technical assistance to help carry out various studies for conservation of the Sundarbans forest, the largest single mangrove ecosystem in the world.

The project will develop a programme that will integrate prioritised interventions to address the region's main conservation and development challenges like poverty reduction, climat

Tiger numbers in the wild continue to decline throughout most of their range with only around 3,500 wild tigers remaining in the whole world.

With an estimated 300-500 tigers, the Bangladesh Sundarbans has an opportunity to contribute significantly to the conservation of tigers and biodiversity that they represent.

However, to make this happen, it requires the participation of multiple stake