International Working Women’s Day: Between survival & empowerment is endless labours in Sunderbans

Extreme weather, lockdown & a lack of jobs mean an increased struggle for livelihood

How bio-restoration is helping revive degraded mangroves in Sunderbans

Involves plantation of native salt-tolerant grasses, a diverse set of carefully identified mangrove species in different zones of degraded …

India on high alert after massive oil spill threatens Sunderbans ecology

Despite warnings from environmentalists, Bangladesh allowed commercial shipping through the sensitive ecological zone of Sela river in 2011

A new rights organisation brings focus back to climate-resilient development in Sunderbans

Better river dam, land lease documents, road connectivity and mitigation of problems of migrants were some of the demands raised at the 1st …

Sunk for security reasons

Cyclone Amphan: Building back with resilient infrastructure and community engagement

Transitional shelters have proven to be cost-effective over time if implemented correctly

Damage by salt

Biodiversity barrier

Close encounters

Drying wetlands

Beyond the tigers of Sunderbans: A closer look at the leeches and the beautiful blue devil

Bangladesh allows nearly 200 polluting factories near Sundarbans

As environmentalists raise concerns over this free-for-all, all eyes are now on the High Court, which has stayed the permissions, and will hold …

PROTECTING FISH

After Cyclone Yaas, Sunderbans brace for massive floods again

A low-pressure area brewing over north Bay of Bengal might coincide with spring tides on June 11 and prolong flooding 

DANGEROUS EXPLORATION

Disaster deaths, sinking: Unprepared Kolkata face multiple climate risks, warns IPCC report

Scientists offer solutions how city can contain impact of climate change

Cyclone Yaas gathers speed, set for early landfall on May 26

Cyclone Yaas likely to make landfall on the east coast between Balasore in Odissa and Digha in West Bengal, from where it is expected to move …

Sundarbans needs a development model sensitive to local biodiversity

Conservationists at an international workshop call for a paradigm shift towards eco-centric development to improve resilience of the fragile delta

Entangled

10,000+ south Bengal fisherfolk, in a net not of their making

How an English-medium school near Sunderbans is helping children understand climate change

The school has introduced environmental pedagogy and vocational training to prepare them for alternative livelihood options

Rescue act

Disaster damage: 2021 sixth year with insured loss bill over $100 billion

India witnessed 2 of the world's 10 most financially devastating climate events in 2021

West Bengal elections: Activists try to push river conservation into agenda

Condition of several rivers in the state critical, puts livelihoods of thousands at risk, flagged environmentalists

NHRC raps Mamata govt on silicosis rehabilitation

At least 250 people from Minakhan block in Sunderbans contracted the disease when they left home to work as labourers in stone and mineral …

Oil spill in Bangladesh’s Sela river threatens dolphin sanctuary

Nearly 350,000 litres of furnace oil spilled in the river on December 9

Our forests are burning

People's relationship to the forest