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

Sean Mowbray 20 Jun 2024
One of the four saltwater crocodiles in Bangladesh with a newly installed satellite transmitter, released into the wild. Image by Md Mofizur Rahaman Chowdury.

Tagging crocodiles with satellite transmitters

Rafiqul Islam 14 May 2024

[Commentary] Rising tides, rooted solutions

Priya Ranganathan 2 Feb 2024
A swimming tiger.

Fences could be a solution for Bangladesh’s human-tiger conflict in the Sundarbans

Rafiqul Islam 28 Jul 2023

How the Sundarbans missed an opportunity to harness solar energy

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 2 Jun 2022
Image shows aquaculture farms in Sundarbans

[Commentary] Is expansion of aquaculture in the Indian Sundarbans an ecological threat or a pathway to sustainable development?

Shaberi Das, Sugata Hazra 20 Apr 2022

[Commentary] Challenges of conservation, cyclones and COVID-19 in the lives of Sundarban residents

Kalpita Bhar Paul 16 Jul 2021

Mangrove plantation drives to protect Jharkhali from cyclones

Partho Burman 15 Jun 2021
Sundarban fishing in river 2 - photo Snigdhendu Bhattacharya

With depleting fish catch, Sundarbans fishers migrate to other coastal states

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya 28 Aug 2020

Salt-tolerant rice, innovations help farmers deal with salinity in the Sundarbans

Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar 14 Jul 2020

Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna delta in peril due to sea-level rise, says study

GBSNP Varma 13 Mar 2020

[Commentary] Cyclone Bulbul in the Indian Sundarbans: Another lesson on deltaic vulnerability and resilience

Amrita Sen, Jenia Mukherjee 2 Dec 2019

[Commentary] Surviving in the fragile Sundarbans delta: Will the new government respond?

Amrita Sen 16 Jul 2019

Demand for FRA implementation in the Sundarbans echoes in 2019 general elections

Sahana Ghosh 17 May 2019
Sunderban-Rice-Field

Fixing agriculture a decade after cyclone Aila: A farmer recollects

Sahana Ghosh 3 May 2019

Climate change imperils Sundarbans tiger habitats

Sahana Ghosh 26 Mar 2019

Sundarbans mangroves harbour antibiotic resistant bacteria

Sahana Ghosh 14 Aug 2018

A cross-border coal power plant could put Sundarbans at risk

Sahana Ghosh 3 Aug 2018

Climate change impacting fish reproduction in the Sundarbans: Study

Sahana Ghosh 12 Apr 2018