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Bengal: Fisherman killed in Sundarbans tiger attack

Indian Express 27 Oct 2021
A 42-year-old fisherman was killed by a tiger near Kalash Island in the Sundarbans on Tuesday. The victim was identified as Shankar Bhakta, a resident of G-plot in the Sundarbans. Forest officials said Bhakta had gone out to fish with six others ... Covid-19 ... This is the second tiger attack in the Sundarbans this month ... Tags. Sundarbans tiger attack ... Oct 26.
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A miracle of saline soil reclamation in cyclone-ravaged Sundarbans

The Hindu 16 Oct 2021
‘It will provide long-term sustainable ecological and economic empowerment to farmers’ ....
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Climate Adaptation and resilience building on the Sundarban Islands

Reliefweb 14 Oct 2021
Conserve Sundarbans’s rich yet threatened natural resource base of flora and fauna and empower the climate vulnerable coastal communities of Sundarbans through their transition to sustainable eco-friendly livelihoods.
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Plans for 4 helipads in Sundarbans for better disaster management

Hindustan Times 05 Oct 2021
The West Bengal government is planning to build at least four helipads in cyclone-prone Sundarbans for a more effective response to natural disasters such as floods and cyclones as well for the promotion of tourism, officials aware of the matter said ... The Sundarbans is the world’s largest mangrove delta spread across India and Bangladesh.
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Covid-climate crisis leads to sharp rise in child marriages in Sundarbans

TheNewsHOOK 26 Sep 2021
Covid-climate crisis leads to sharp rise in child marriages in Sundarbans ....
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Biodiversity loss: Human activities threatening rare species in Sundarbans, expert says

Financial Express 24 Sep 2021
Ray said that the Sundarbans are gradually losing small patches of mangroves due to activities related to either short-term gains or for coastal development ... .
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An expert explains: How rare species of Sundarbans are threatened by human activities

Indian Express 22 Sep 2021
Despite every effort made nationally to motivate actions in support of biodiversity conservation in all ecosystems, continuous loss of biodiversity is observed across the shorelines of settlement zones in Indian Sundarbans ... Also read .Sundarbans threatened by ‘heedless industrialisation’, says UN expert ... mangrove species Sundarbans.
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Hunger for coveted honey posing threat to Bangladesh's Sundarbans

Anadolu Agency 23 Aug 2021
Irresponsible and commercial gathering of honey is posing a threat with irrevocable consequences to the ecology of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove forest, experts and traditional honey collectors fear ... He also found “abnormality in the honeybees’ food cycle in the Sundarbans.”.
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5 Crore Mangrove Trees To Be Planted In Sundarbans Forest

News18 15 Jul 2021
The Sundarbans mangrove forest was severely damaged after cyclones Yass and Amphan in West Bengal. .
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In India's remote Sundarbans, boats full of vaccines bring hope

Reuters 13 Jul 2021
GOSABA, India, July 13 (Reuters) - For Deepak Jena, a labourer on a remote island in the Sundarbans delta in India, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was proving to be difficult ... read more Reporting by Rupak De Chowdhuri in Gosaba, Sundarbans, Writing by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams.
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In India’s remote Sundarbans, boats full of vaccines bring hope

Metro USA 13 Jul 2021
GOSABA, India (Reuters) – For Deepak Jena, a labourer on a remote island in the Sundarbans delta in India, getting a COVID-19 vaccine was proving to be difficult ... (Reporting by Rupak De Chowdhuri in Gosaba, Sundarbans, Writing by Ankur Banerjee in Bengaluru; Editing by Alison Williams).
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