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Ahead of the reopening, local fishermen, tour operators, launches and boat drivers were gearing up to enter the Sundarbans once again. Meanwhile, eco cottages in the area are also preparing to warmly welcome curious tourists. “We have completed all preparations to welcome the tourists,” said MD Saiful Islam, director of Sundari Eco Resort. “Tourists will […]
Coastal fishermen in Sundarbans of Khulna adjoining Koira upazila have returned to the coast with their fishing boats on Saturday as the Bay of Bengal turned increasingly turbulent as Cyclone Mocha inches closer to making an impact. On Saturday morning, around 50 fishing boats were moored at the Sutia Bazar Launch Terminal, near Kashiabad Upazila […]
Camera trapping work will resume from Sharankhola range of Bagerhat from 1st November. It will continue for four months and will end on 29 February 2024 at Chandpai range. Camera trapping will be done in 665 grid. So far 200 cameras have been installed in Satkhira range and 140 in Khulna range. Due to stormy […]
Ranjan Mridha, chairman of Koira Unnayan Sangram Samanvay Samiti, said that due to climate change, the rise in sea level is now visible. If the height of the embankment is not increased, the damage to the coastal areas will continue to increase in the long run. The height of the Koira embankment should be increased […]
“When they visit the forest, they bring disposable water bottles, one-time plastic dinner plates, soft drink bottles and cans,” Abu Naser Mohsin Hussain, a government forest conservator, told AFP. “Cleaning up is hard,” he said. Bangladesh’s Environment Minister Mohammad Shahab Uddin announced the single-use plastic ban late Monday, covering 6,500 square kilometers (2,500 square miles) […]
The Forest Department on Friday arrested 14 fishermen and their leaders (Majhi) in two cases of damaging and stealing cameras installed to count tigers and other animals in the Sundarbans, reports UNB. Those arrested include Jahangir Hussain, Abdul Wahab, Abul Hussain, Mohammad Mohibullah, Nurul Alam, Abdur Rahim, Amjad Hussain, Amjad Hussain, Asadul Islam, Yunus Ali, […]
The air around the Sundarbans is thick and it smells foul. The black slick flowing down the Shela and Pashur rivers, covering grasses and plants on their banks, gives a feeling that it is not the world’s biggest mangrove forest, rather an industrial city cursed and polluted by civilisation’s waste. Animals have started to die […]
The Sundarbans is now backing an extreme environmental disaster, after an oil-tanker capsized in Sela River severely jeopardising biodiversity in the forest. With various authorities, who neither have the experience nor the capability to handle such a case, trying to pass the responsibility on to each other instead of making a move, the situation is […]
The government has banned the extraction of certain forest products from the Sundarbans, the expansive mangrove forests that has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site, in order to protect its ecosystems from over-exploitation. The ban to prohibit the harvesting of Golpata, Goran and other forest resources came into effect from the start of the […]
Sundarban, the largest mangrove forest of the world is famous for its natural resources and biodiversities. Bengal tiger is the biggest and most famous in the world. This tiger is notorious for its man eating habit. Poor villagers living in the surrounding areas of the Sundarbans depend on the forest. Death of locals by tiger […]
National committee for safeguarding oil and gas is a citizen’s committee formed by some prominent personalities in Bangladesh. This committee believes that natural resources of Bangladesh should be explored by the local companies. If there are some technical limitations, the local companies should take foreign help. But if the foreign companies get the full contract, […]
Sundarbans couldn`t poll enough votes to win the final race to be one of world`s seven natural wonders. The much-awaited announcement on seven natural wonders of the world was given after midnight on Friday night, after a hectic worldwide voting camaign in which Bangladesh`s panoramic Sundarbans mangrove forest had stood a chance until the unexpected […]
A fisherman was killed and his son injured seriously in a tiger attack in Karamjal area of Mongla upazila Thursday evening. Forest Department sources said when Amulla Sarker, 60, and his son Apurba Sarker, 30, were catching crabs in a canal a tiger suddenly appeared there and dragged Amulla to the deep forest. Apurba sustained […]
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