The state government has highlighted in its budget that the existing ports of Haldia and Kolkata suffer from low draft and high turnaround time and hence there is a need to construct a strategic deep-sea port.
Marking World Environment Day, voluntary organisations, Utkarshe Aarohan and Bihan jointly organised a large-scale mangrove plantation drive along the banks of the Matla river at Kaikhali in the Sundarbans.
A landmark step towards preserving and showcasing the ecological and cultural legacy of the Sundarbans was witnessed on International Museum Day as the soft launch of the upcoming Sundarban Museum was successfully held at iLEAD.
Along narrow village roads flanked by farmland and mangrove groves, rickshaw-vans crawl forward with loudspeakers blaring campaign slogans.
In a significant discovery, researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) in Kolkata have found a new spider species at Sagar Island in the Sundarbans.
Under the direction of mentors, the school delegates worked on the subject and brainstormed together to identify the best methods and ideas to address climate change.
The officials have also been trying to establish the pattern of movements of these big cats. They lay traps with baits to capture the stray tigers.
The Wildlife Institute of India has identified Chamta as a forest block with a notably low density of the tiger population. However, the problem of relocation is rooted in the fact that the “optimum carrying capacity” of a forest is not a static concept. Therefore, relocating tigers to a forest that is different from where they came is a fraught proposition.
Rainfall-runoff modelling has been undertaken to get an overview of the annual fresh water availability through surface run off
All these are combining to make the Sundarbans the most vulnerable region on the planet at the time of global warming.
