- Sunderbans: Radar project mulled to boost coastal surveillance
The coastal security mechanism for the Sunderbans delta stands to receive a big boost as a proposal has been floated for a radar surveillan...
19 Apr, 2015, 09.43 AM IST
- Sunderbans sea level to rise 3-8 mm per year: World Bank report
The water level in the Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, is rising at an "alarming" level, endangering the habitation, a Wor...
30 Mar, 2015, 10.16 AM IST
Sea rise, salinity force Sunderbans inhabitants to migrateThe migration of the inhabitants of Sunderbans has in turn brought about a change in the socio-economic condition of the area.
23 Mar, 2015, 12.25 PM IST
- Oil spill alarm in Sundarban mangroves
Marine scientists, wildlife activists and forest officers from Indian Sunderbans have gone on alert following the oil spill in Bangladesh.
12 Dec, 2014, 02.01 AM IST
'Slimy seaweed' a magic potion for climate-vulnerable SunderbansThe slimy green seaweed that grows in the wild and has no takers could emerge as a life-saving magic potion for the climate-vulnerable inha...
22 Feb, 2014, 06.56 PM IST
- Now, a climate model for Sunderbans
A team of nearly 50 scientists led by coastal engineering expert Robert Nicholls from Southampton University travelled to the Tiger camp in...
07 Jan, 2014, 03.24 AM IST
Rare species of turtles to be released in SunderbansA bale of a rare species of Northern River Terrapin or Sunderbans Batagur turtles, which is considered critically endangered across the glo...
29 Oct, 2013, 11.08 AM IST
- Rare turtles to be released in Sunderbans
Inspired by the their success in hatching the critically endangered Northern River Terrapin or Sunderbans Batagur, officials of the Sunderb...
19 Oct, 2013, 03.14 AM IST
Cub sightings to raise tiger count in SunderbansWith a sudden spurt in cub sightings in the Sunderbans, officials say there could actually be more tigers in the mangroves than what the la...
16 Sep, 2013, 06.23 AM IST
Tiger prey base count in SunderbansPrey base of tigers in the Sunderbans, mostly spotted deer and wild boars, has always been under scanner.
14 Aug, 2013, 04.51 AM IST
- Ten Sunderbans tigers to get collars
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans where population dynamics of the big cats has al ways remain...
01 Apr, 2013, 05.34 AM IST
- Ten tigers to be radio-collared in Sunderbans
The forest department has decided to radio-collar ten tigers in the Sunderbans, where population dynamics of the big cats has always remain...
29 Mar, 2013, 04.47 AM IST
- Task force to bring Sunderbans in world tourism map
Sunderbans, the largest mangrove forests on earth, would be brought in the world tourism map and a task force had been created for the purp...
01 Feb, 2012, 06.16 PM IST
- Tiger census ends in Sunderbans
A tiger census in Sunderbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, ended during which data and scats for DNA samplings of the big cats were...
11 Mar, 2010, 07.04 PM IST
- Tiger census begins in Sunderbans
The much-awaited tiger census in the Sunderbans, where DNA sampling would be made for the first time to establish the number of big cats, b...
04 Mar, 2010, 06.18 PM IST
- Has climate change affected Sunderbans?
With reports of rise in the water level in the Sunderbans because of global warming, foresters have demanded a proper study of climate chan...
13 Dec, 2009, 06.14 PM IST
- DNA sampling for tiger census in Sunderbans
The West Bengal government for the first time will conduct tiger census through DNA sampling of the animal's scat in Sunderbans in January ...
23 Nov, 2009, 05.43 PM IST