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Sunderbans: Clear and Present Danger

Sunderbans: Clear and Present Danger

May 19, 2022, at 05:36 pm

Every year tropical cyclones throw up new challenges to thousands of rural folks living in one of the richest but most fragile ecosystems on the planet, Sunderbans. Amid the destruction of the swamps by private fisheries, environmentalists say this is high time for the state administration to introduce a long-term participatory management in the deltaic belts of West Bengal.  Soudhriti Bhabani reports from ground zero 

West Bengal and the UK join hands to tackle degradation in the Sundarbans delta

West Bengal and the UK join hands to tackle degradation in the Sundarbans delta

Jan 24, 2020, at 12:47 pm

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal government's environment department  together with the British Deputy High Commission Kolkata and the Newcastle University, UK have joined hands as a ‘force for good’ to launch Living Deltas Transdisciplinary Research Hub funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) under the Global Challenge Research Fund (GCRF).

Ola joins hands with WWF-India to support renewable energy project in Sundarbans

Ola joins hands with WWF-India to support renewable energy project in Sundarbans

Jun 09, 2017, at 05:16 am

Mumbai, June 8 (IBNS): Popular mobile app for transportation, Ola, will be supporting the 'Sahasra Jyoti' or 'Beacon for the Sundarbans' initiative, an ongoing project of WWF-India, aimed at bringing sustainable development to the Sundarbans landscape in India, by enabling energy access to 1000 households in the region - all through solar energy.