Netting of fish has been banned in all the canals of Sundarbans from July 1 to August 31 in order to promote safe breeding and to preserve aquatic animals. The move is also being imposed to stop ...

Six people have been detained for illegally catching fish in the Satkhira range of the Sundarbans, forest officials said on Wednesday. The detainees have been identified as Mafizul Sardar, 45, son of ...

In the face of stern actions from the administration, notorious pirate groups of the Sundarbans have reorganised in smaller factions with the support of local fish traders. Fishermen, who are still ...

In the world’s largest mangrove forest, women whose husbands were killed by Bengal tigers are working to restore their habitat.

Dublar Char and several other areas in the Sundarbans are now buzzing with activities as a large number of fishermen are engaged in drying fishes after netting them from the sea. Around 90 species of ...

Sankizahan in Kultali area of the Sundarbans, the world’s largest mangrove ecosystem made of islands, rivers and creeks, used to be a village of fishermen who hunted on traditional and motorised boats ...

NAMKHANA: Poverty-stricken villagers in the Sundarbans area have been munching on the hilsa for breakfast, lunch and dinner after tonnes of Bengal's favourite fish were netted of a size that cannot be ...

The Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem in India is evaluated as “endangered” by a global team of researchers using the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Ecosystems framework. The ...

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The Tiger Project undertook its bi-annual tiger census of the Sundarbans Tiger Reserve (the core zone of which is the Sundarbans National Park and World Heritage site) from the 7 th to 14 th December ...