Bhitarkanika bans tourist entry as crocodiles breed
May 15th, 2012 - 1:30 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, May 15 (IANS) A two-and-half-month ban on the entry of tourists and visitors to the Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha began Tuesday as the crocodile breeding season was underway, ... Read more...
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Now, an all India guide map on snakes
March 15th, 2012 - 12:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 15 (IANS) With 46,900 people in India succumbing to snake bites in a year, an NGO has now come up with the novel 'All India Snake Guide Map' ... Read more...
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Sunderbans poster boy of climate change’s ill effects: Study
March 1st, 2012 - 12:52 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, March 1 (IANS) The Sunderbans, a world heritage site, is becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and government policies must take into account present and future climate impact to ... Read more...
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Mamata enjoys relaxing day at Sundarbans
February 2nd, 2012 - 3:58 pm ICT by IANS
Sonakhali (West Bengal), Feb 2 (IANS) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee enjoyed a rare relaxing day on cruise, piloting a launch in the tranquil of Sundarbans, the home ... Read more...
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Mamata announces sops for Sunderbans
January 31st, 2012 - 7:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gosaba (West Bengal), Jan 31 (IANS) Announcing various sops for the development of the Sunderbans area of South 24 Parganas district, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Tuesday criticised ... Read more...
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Sunderbans out of wonders race - a lost opportunity?
November 23rd, 2011 - 1:48 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 23 (IANS) With the Sunderbans voted out of the race for the 'New Seven Wonders of Nature', tourism industry insiders say the world's single largest block of mangrove ... Read more...
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Ecology, India and Koran on the bookshelf (IANS Books This Week)
August 11th, 2011 - 5:51 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 11 (IANS) The books on the shelf this weekend are meaningful and thought-provoking -- encompassing a return to roots, be it the hometown or the country -- ... Read more...
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Mangroves among most carbon-rich tropical forests
April 6th, 2011 - 1:06 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 6 (IANS) Coastal mangrove forests across the Indo-Pacific region store more carbon than almost any other forest on earth.A research team from the US Forest Service's Pacific Southwest ... Read more...
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Tiger count up in India, but habitat shrinks (Roundup)
March 28th, 2011 - 8:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) The tiger appears to be on a comeback trail in India, home to the world's largest population of the big cat. The animal that once ... Read more...
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India’s tiger count rises to 1,706, habitat shrinking (Second Lead)
March 28th, 2011 - 4:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 28 (IANS) India has 1,706 tigers in the wild, marking an increase of 295 in the big cat's numbers, says the tiger census released Monday. But Environment ... Read more...
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Shah Rukh Khan Enthralls Dhaka Fans, Forgets To Promote Sundarban’s Mangrove Forests
December 13th, 2010 - 3:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
However, the adulation by the audience was so lucrative that King Khan probably forgot about the serious job! Shah Rukh even greeted the fans in Bengali saying that he has brought ... Read more...
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SRK enthrals Dhaka crowd
December 12th, 2010 - 3:09 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Dec 12 (IANS) Bollywood badshah Shah Rukh Khan enthralled a packed event in Dhaka, dancing to his hit numbers and also spoke snatches of Bangla. But the superstar did not ... Read more...
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On Dominique Lapierre’s mind - Sundarban and Africa
December 1st, 2010 - 10:54 am ICT by IANS
By Madhusree Chatterjee
New Delhi, Dec 1 (IANS) The Sundarban mangrove forests of West Bengal and Africa are bound by a thread in eminent French writer-humanitarian Dominique Lapierre's literary landscape - they are ... Read more...
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West Bengal Left Front starts seven-day protest
November 25th, 2010 - 1:05 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Nov 24 (IANS) West Bengal's Left Front led by Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Wednesday started a seven-day sit-in to protest against the countrywide price rise and the alleged Maoist-Trinamool Congress ... Read more...
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How some fish can stay on land up to 2 months!
November 9th, 2010 - 4:26 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 09 (ANI): Some species of fish can stay alive for up to two months on land - it's because of their skin, a new study has suggested.Mangrove killifish are small ... Read more...
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Navi Mumbai airport plan tweaked on green concerns
October 23rd, 2010 - 3:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Friday made minor changes in the design of the proposed international airport at Navi Mumbai, keeping in view the objections raised by the environment ministry ... Read more...
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Satellite images show mangroves shrinking
August 22nd, 2010 - 5:48 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 22 (IANS) New satellite imagery shows an alarming shrinkage in mangrove forests worldwide.
The imagery reveals that approximately 137,760 sq km of mangroves exist, which is 12.3 percent less ... Read more...
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New satellite images reveal how world’s mangrove forests have declined
August 19th, 2010 - 3:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 19 (ANI): Scientists have got the most comprehensive and exact data on the distribution and decline of mangrove forests from across the world, all thanks to new satellite imagery.The research, ... Read more...
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15 percent of Sunderbans may be submerged by 2020
July 13th, 2010 - 4:10 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, July 13 (IANS) At least 15 percent of the Sunderbans - the world's largest mangrove forests - will be submerged by 2020 and neglecting the area further can have global implications ... Read more...
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Part of Sundarbans may be lost in future: Bhattacharjee
June 5th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) A part of the mangrove forests of the Sundarbans may be lost in future due to the rising water levels in the Bay of Bengal as a fallout ... Read more...
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Camera, collars, marks - Sundarban counts its tigers
May 11th, 2010 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
By Biswajit Choudhury
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) Sundarbans, the largest estuarine mangrove forest in the world, also boasts of the highest number of tigers in the country. Now enumerators are carrying out ... Read more...
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Mine is a thankless and friendless job: Jairam Ramesh
February 24th, 2010 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 24 (IANS) Calling his job as environment minister to be "thankless and friendless", Jairam Ramesh Wednesday said he has no friends in the cabinet and Prime Minister Manmohan ... Read more...
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NASA scientist makes first full assessment of Africa’s mangrove forests
August 21st, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, August 21 (ANI): A NASA scientist has made what is believed to be the first full assessment of the African continent's mangrove forests.Environmental scientist Lola Fatoyinbo of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory ... Read more...
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School comes in a little box in cyclone-hit Sunderbans
July 31st, 2009 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Kultali (West Bengal), July 31 (IANS) Radharani Sardar, a Class 4 student, can never forget that May evening when she saw cyclone Aila batter her home here in the Sunderban ... Read more...
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Scientists assess flooding and damage that cyclone Nargis inflicted upon Myanmar
July 18th, 2009 - 2:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 18 (ANI): A team of scientists has assessed flooding and damage that cyclone Nargis inflicted upon Myanmar in 2008.Tropical cyclone Nargis made landfall in the Asian nation of Myanmar ... Read more...
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Pakistan sets Guinness record by planting 541,176 saplings
July 17th, 2009 - 5:55 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, July 17 (IANS) Pakistan has made it to the Guinness Book of World Records by planting 541,176 saplings in one day to break the Indian record of 447,874 trees set on ... Read more...
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Pakistan eyes new tree planting record
July 11th, 2009 - 3:41 am ICT by IANS
Islamabad July 11 (IANS) Pakistan's environment ministry will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record by planting maximum number of trees in a single day, a media report said.
India holds the ... Read more...
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Special solar lanterns for Aila-hit Sundarbans villagers
June 15th, 2009 - 8:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) Villagers in the remote islands of the Sundarbans can now avail of a new variety of solar lanterns that can be charged directly under sunlight. Their solar power ... Read more...
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Enteric diseases kill eight in Bengal’s Aila-hit areas (Lead)
June 9th, 2009 - 12:30 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Eight people had died and over 5,000 were afflicted with enteric diseases in two cyclone Aila-hit districts of West Bengal, a senior minister said Monday.
"Eight persons have died ... Read more...
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Enteric diseases kill five in Sundarbans’ Aila-hit areas
June 8th, 2009 - 8:15 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 8 (IANS) Five people died and more than a thousand were afflicted with enteric diseases in the cyclone Aila-hit areas of the Sundarbans in West Bengal, an official said Monday.
"All ... Read more...
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Cyclone Aila devastates Sundarbans
June 7th, 2009 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
By Soudhriti Bhabani
Gosaba (West Bengal), June 7 (IANS) The aftermath of devastating cyclone Aila that ravaged large parts of the West Bengal delta May 25 could cause lasting ecological damage to ... Read more...
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Relief workers fear epidemic in Sundarbans after Cyclone Aila
June 1st, 2009 - 11:34 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 1 (IANS) Volunteers involved in relief operations in the cyclone ravaged Sundarbans of West Bengal are fearing an epidemic once the floodwater recedes in the mangrove forests that cover the ... Read more...
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West Bengal to rebuild 400 km of embankments in Sundarbans
May 30th, 2009 - 6:41 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 30 (IANS) The West Bengal government will rebuild 400 kms of embankments destroyed by Cyclone Aila in the mangrove forests of Sundarbans in an effort to save the region from ... Read more...
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Relief work begins in cyclone-hit Sundarbans, toll 27
May 26th, 2009 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 26 (IANS) Soldiers of the Indian Army and other relief workers Tuesday managed to reach the worst-hit areas of West Bengal's Sundarbans delta where more than 400,000 people were marooned ... Read more...
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24 killed, 110,000 affected as Cyclone Aila pounds coastal West Bengal (Third Lead)
May 26th, 2009 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 25 (IANS) Cyclone Aila battered coastal West Bengal as well as state capital Kolkata Monday as it unleashed storms that uprooted trees, electricity poles and thatched homes, leaving a trail ... Read more...
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