Like many on the Bay of Bengal coast in India and Bangladesh ... But after years of abuse from man and nature, the mangroves seem to be nearing their limits. Illicit logging, mostly for building ...
The study identified that the Bay of Bengal is the most affected ... like restoring dunes, wetlands, and mangroves, to help protect shorelines, as well as focusing on better urban planning ...
“The temperature of the surface of the Bay of Bengal is increasing by 0.5 degree Celsius every ... “The Sunderbans have lost about 50sqkm of land and 110sqkm of mangrove area over the past two decades ...
The Bay of Bengal, notes historian Sunil Amrith, is an "expanse of tropical water: still and blue in the calm of January winter, or raging and turbid at the peak of the summer rains". The largest ...
KOLKATA: The third edition of the Sundarban Bird Festival witnessed an impressive increase in migratory bird sightings, with ...
How are the Sundarbans tackling natural and manmade threats, and can they keep doing this? How did the study arrive at its results? What does the study tell us about the functioning of mangroves?
To rebuild the Sunderban forest and livelihood they planted 50000 + mangrove trees at L plot, Pakhiralaya, Basanti area adjacent to the Bay of Bengal, hundreds of women, youth got involved for ...
India has 85 Ramsar Sites, recognised for their ecological significance and contributions to biodiversity conservation. Here ...
The gravity of pollution caused by plastics is more than meets the eye. Wild animals often end up eating these plastics, Prof Abdullah Harun Chowdhury says ...
The whale was finally released into the Bay of Bengal early Friday morning, marking only the fourth sighting of this species in Bengal. KOLKATA: The 16-foot Bryde's whale, only the fourth sighting ...
The Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, stretches across the border between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal. It is home to endangered tigers, dolphins, and 300 species of birds.
Fears for endangered wildlife are rising in Bangladesh. Forest experts have warned that a deadly cyclone has hit a key tiger habitat, submerging it in seawater deeper and longer than ever before.