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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

Fifty shades of green: The union budget’s environmental hits and misses

Kundan Pandey 2 Feb 2023

[Interview] Just representation in climate policies empowers women, says Saudamini Das

Sahana Ghosh 18 Aug 2022
Avicennia marina, more commonly known as grey mangroves or white mangroves. Photo by Dinesh Valke/ Wikimedia Commons.

Successful model of development in tandem with mangrove restoration

T. V. Padma 21 Jul 2022

Bangladesh Sundarbans communities face hardships following a resource hunting ban

Abu Siddique 14 Jul 2022
40% of the Sundarbans support short-statured mangroves which were widely affected by cyclone Amphan.

Recording mangrove damage from cyclones in the Sundarbans

Sahana Ghosh 27 Jun 2022

Grasses spur mangroves to grow in an erosion-riddled Sundarbans patch

Sahana Ghosh 3 Mar 2022
Mangrove re-establishment in the previous terrestrial zones like human habitation, coconut groves, and the terrestrial forest is commonly seen across the Nicobar Islands. The above image from the Trinket islands shows mangrove colonization at the previous coconut grove. Photo by Nehru Prabakaran.

Remnant mangrove tree sites show faster recovery post 2004 tsunami in the Nicobar Islands

Neha Jain 26 Jan 2022