Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and river erosion. Each time he moves further from the shrinking edge to avoid ...
Locals say that every year, the water gets saltier, the flooding gets worse, the cyclones more violent and the tigers closer. ‘I had my back to the forest when the tiger pounced and dug its claws into ...
Shitanath Sarkar and his large family lead a precarious existence in the Sundarbans delta. "Inch by inch, my single hectare of land gradually disappeared in front of my eyes. I fear one day our whole ...
“We were so terrified with the water coming into the house and the sound of the storm. In front of my eyes, the walls of our house collapsed.” That’s Geeta Maiti, a resident of Mousuni Island, which ...
Kolkata: The Sundarbans, long seen as one of the planet's last wild fortresses, is now revealing a quieter, more unsettling intrusion — plastic dust drifting through its air. A new study by the Indian ...
Sundarban Biosphere Reserve is one of the most important mangrove zones with a vast range of floral and faunal diversity. The present study explores the plant–pollinator relationship among four true ...