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A stretch of Mumbai's coastal road being constructed near the Haji Ali Durgah in 2024. Representative image by Qiw007 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

The environmental costs of replacing mangroves with a road

Aisiri Amin 21 Jan 2026
Cyclone Alia submerges settlements in West Bengal in 2009. Image by Anil Gulati/India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

How global warming-induced intense cyclones could cause ecosystem changes

T. V. Padma 19 Jan 2026
Mangrove saplings being planted at a nursery in Kochi, Kerala. (AP Photo/Shawn Sebastian).

Mangrove restoration needs more than planting; it needs monitoring and data

Barasha Das 15 Jan 2026
Fish vendors at a market in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Image by Rajesh Pamnani via Flickr (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).

India’s fisheries budget misses the ocean for the fish [Commentary]

Ajay Sawant 22 Dec 2025

Heavy metals, microplastics found in fishing cats

Shailesh Shrivastava 16 Dec 2025

Study maps microplastics in Mumbai’s mangroves

Aditi Tandon 25 Jul 2025
Mangroves restored by women in Tridibnagar. The solution to socioeconomic challenges to mangrove restoration may lie in decision science, which advocates for consideration of local knowledge and enhanced public awareness. Image by Mukut Biswas.

Decision science could lead action in mangrove restoration

Barasha Das 30 Apr 2025
An island in the Sundarbans where the first anti-erosion structure is being installed. Image by Saifis.

One ring to save them all: terracotta rings for mangrove regeneration

Anusha Krishnan 29 Apr 2025
A shrimp farmer shows his harvest in the Sundarbans, West Bengal. Representative image by India Water Portal via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

The conservation conundrum leaves shrimp farmers on edge

Aishwarya Mohanty 10 Apr 2025

Understanding coastal risks with and without mangroves

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 31 Mar 2025

Tracking an elusive turtle with genetic clues from nature

Laasya Shekhar 12 Dec 2024

Almost 20 years after the tsunami, Andaman’s mangroves are still changing

Divya Kilikar 3 Oct 2024

To save the vulnerable fishing cat, protect its threatened wetland habitat

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024
One of the rare aquaculture sites in Sundarbans where scientific methods are being followed. Image by Niladry Sarkar for Mongabay.

Unchecked shrimp farming transforms land use in the Sundarbans

Niladry Sarkar 19 Jun 2024

Microplastics, mostly fibres, found in mangroves in southwestern India

T. V. Padma 20 Feb 2024

[Commentary] Rising tides, rooted solutions

Priya Ranganathan 2 Feb 2024
A sub-adult Bengal tiger on the river bank in Sundarban Tiger Reserve in India.

Bangladesh’s tiger conservation efforts win with rise in population in the Sundarbans

Mohammad Al-Masum Molla 25 Oct 2023
Women with palmyra nursery bags. Photo by Balaji Vedharajan.

Palmyra leaf bags substitute plastic nursery bags to support sustainable mangrove restoration

M.T. Saju 18 Jul 2023

Kerala’s dwindling mangroves need concerted effort in conservation

Arathi Menon 18 Jul 2023
Image shows an aerial view of Sundarbans

Pinpointing priority areas for mangrove conservation in the Sundarbans

T. V. Padma 13 Feb 2023