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Villages located near rivers, creeks and low-lying areas of the Sundarbans – the world’s largest mangrove forest that straddles Bangladesh …
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Tag Archives: Sundarbans
Saline Land Will Drive People Out Of Sundarbans
![As tidal river Durgaduani tears into their earthen embankments with every high tide, islanders living deep inside the Indian Sundarbans desperately try to save farms and homes [image by: Manipadma Jena]](https://i1.wp.com/www.impactnews.in/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/ICD-2-123187-e1542095453685.jpg?resize=310%2C165&ssl=1)
Increased soil salinity due to climate change-induced rises in sea levels is likely to force hundreds of thousands of coastal …
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How To Strengthen Cooperation For A Water Secure South Asia
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South Asia is witnessing unprecedented water challenges and risks. The impacts are wide-spread and intense. From receding glaciers in the …
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Eight Countries Come Together To Protect Bay Of Bengal
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has just approved a grant of USD 15 million for the Bay of Bengal Large …
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Rapid Industrialisation Poses Pollution Risk To The Sundarbans
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Mongla port is a hive of activity. Several oceangoing vessels are anchored in the harbour and there is a steady …
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Migration Always Good? There’s No Straight Answer
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By Rituparna Hajra and Tuhin Ghosh In India, 55% of male migrants send remittances to support households have left behind. …
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Sinking Sundarbans Islands Underline Climate Crisis
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By Soumya Sarkar Kalyani Mandal has gone way past hope. Living in Dhoblat Shibpur, a coastal village on Sagar Island …
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Water-based Transport: Perils and Possibilities
Practical and policy difficulties have led to the limited growth of inland waterway transport in India over the past decade, …
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