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Tigers and people in the slowly-sinking Sundarbans are on the frontlines of climate change
Mongabay India •Sea level has risen 3 cm a year in the Sundarbans in the past 2 decades — among the fastest coastal erosion rates globally.
Last Royal Bengal tigers native to the Sunderbans may not survive climate change
Tech2 News Staff •Climate change will affect tiger habitats more dramatically than sea level rise in the Sunderbans.
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Fp Staff •No wonder that the Modi government has been doing everything possible — fudging, cover-up, window-dressing and what not — to come clean on the job front.
Bengal tigers in the Sundarbans on a rapid decline, may go extinct by 2070: Study
Tech2 News Staff •Sea level rise & climate change are twin threats to Bengal tigers and their last remaining stronghold.
Indian Navy team sent on board container ship on fire to stop it from drifting towards Sunderbans, Bangladesh
Fp Staff •The Indian Navy arrested the movement of MV SSL Kolkata by anchoring the cargo ship, still on fire, from drifting towards the border with Bangladesh.
India welcomes the festive season as states celebrate Makar Sankranti, Bihu, Pongal and Lohri
Fp Staff •Over a million pilgrims from across India and abroad took a holy dip in the river Ganges at the annual Ganga Sagar Fair on Makar Sankranti
Mamata govt launches 'Waiting Hubs' for pregnant women in Sunderbans
Ians •The WB government is launching 'waiting hubs' for pregnant women in remote islands of the Sundarbans where they can wait for a few days ahead of delivery.
Sunderbans' women turn photographers to capture effects of climate change
Fp Archives •A group of poor women in the remote parts of the Sunderbans, whose lives have been hit hard by climate change, have turned into photographers to record the hardship they face.
Sunderbans: Poachers turn conservationists to save world's largest mangrove forest
Fp Archives •Poachers have turned conservationists in the Sunderbans, giving a ray of hope to conservationists for saving the world's largest mangrove forest which is facing threat from rising sea level and climate change and the wildlife there.
UN sends team of experts to Bangladesh to help clean up Sunderbans oil spill
Fp Archives •The United Nations on Thursday said it has sent a team of international experts to Bangladesh to help clean up the world's largest mangrove forest, more than a week after it was hit by a huge oil spill.