Eleven-year old Srijita Bhangi sits in the waiting room of the jetty boat that connects her island home in Khulna to the mainland Sundarbans, near India's border with Bangladesh.

Solar lights installed in various parts of Sunderbans, one of the most energy-deficient regions of the country, are helping in reducing man-animal conflict in the region.

The population in the mangrove forest is far less than believed, officials say, after a census uses cameras hidden in trees to record numbers

KOLKATA: To measure the effect of climate change on the flora and fauna of Sundarbans, the Zoological Survey of India has set up monitoring bases inside the mangrove forests.

To measure the effect of climate change on the flora and fauna of Sundarbans, the Zoological Survey of India has set up monitoring bases inside the mangrove forests.

KOLKATA: The National Green Tribunal (Eastern Zone bench), on Wednesday, directed the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to demolish a four-storied building at Gadkhali in the

The National Green Tribunal (NGT), Eastern Bench on 1 July 2015 directed the West Bengal Pollution Control Board (WBPCB) to file a report on why mechanized boats, motor boats and launches using adulterated fuel and plying in the Sunderbans should not be asked to undergo pollution tests. Read full text of this NGT order.

BAGERHAT : Tiger population in the Sundarbans may fall from the previous 2004 census, according to a preliminary analysis of Bangladesh-India Joint Tiger Census Project, reports UNB.

DHAKA : The National Committee for Protection of Oil, Gas, Mineral Resource, Power and Ports (Oil-Gas Committee) on Wednesday urged Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Indian counterpart Narendra

Alfredo Quatro says we must defend mangrove forests – which protect our shorelines and diverse marine life – against man-made development

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