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The 'Real Heroes Of India' Who Provide Healthcare To India's Remote Islands
In the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest where access to healthcare is one of the most pressing problems, one group has been operating boat clinics and working relentlessly for over 40 years to ensure that people are not deprived of med
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Tigers At Sundarbans In Bengal Find Lockdown Grrreat
With humans in West Bengal under coronavirus lockdown, tigers in the Sundarbans mangrove forest are coming out to play, with park rangers on Thursday reporting a jump in sightings of the big cats.
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Sundarbans Has 182 Tigers, Pollution A Major Concern: Report
The Sundarbans, the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest, has 182 tigers -- 106 in Bangladesh and around 76 in India, according to the first ever modern survey jointly conducted by the two countries across a 6,724 sq km area.
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How Sundarbans Is Tackling Man-Animal Conflict
For over a decade now, 40-year-old Ali Mondal has stayed away from the mangrove forest in the Sundarbans, where he would venture every day to make his living.
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Sundarbans, World's Largest Mangrove Forest, to Become a District in 2016
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, will become a separate district next year.
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Bangladesh Discovers Only 100 Tigers in Famed Sundarbans
Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official said today.
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Bangladesh Lifts Ban on Cargo Boats After Sundarbans Oil Spill
Bangladesh today lifted a ban on cargo boats in the world's largest mangrove forest, imposed in the wake of last month's major oil spill in a rare dolphin sanctuary.
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Bangladesh Development 'Threatens Fragile Sundarbans'
Bangladesh's rapid development on the doorstep of the ecologically fragile Sundarbans mangrove forest means "environmental disasters" like this month's oil spill in the massive delta are increasingly likely, experts warn.
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First Dead Dolphin Spotted After Bangladesh Oil Spill
The first evidence of harm caused by an oil spill, from a capsized tanker in Bangladesh's Shela river, on the local flora and fauna surfaced on Sunday, with reports of the first dead dolphin.
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The 'Real Heroes Of India' Who Provide Healthcare To India's Remote Islands
In the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest where access to healthcare is one of the most pressing problems, one group has been operating boat clinics and working relentlessly for over 40 years to ensure that people are not deprived of med
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Tigers At Sundarbans In Bengal Find Lockdown Grrreat
With humans in West Bengal under coronavirus lockdown, tigers in the Sundarbans mangrove forest are coming out to play, with park rangers on Thursday reporting a jump in sightings of the big cats.
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Sundarbans Has 182 Tigers, Pollution A Major Concern: Report
The Sundarbans, the world's largest contiguous mangrove forest, has 182 tigers -- 106 in Bangladesh and around 76 in India, according to the first ever modern survey jointly conducted by the two countries across a 6,724 sq km area.
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How Sundarbans Is Tackling Man-Animal Conflict
For over a decade now, 40-year-old Ali Mondal has stayed away from the mangrove forest in the Sundarbans, where he would venture every day to make his living.
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Sundarbans, World's Largest Mangrove Forest, to Become a District in 2016
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today announced Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest, will become a separate district next year.
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Bangladesh Discovers Only 100 Tigers in Famed Sundarbans
Bangladesh has only about 100 tigers living in the world's largest mangrove forest, far fewer of the endangered animals than previously thought, following a recent survey, a top forestry official said today.
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Bangladesh Lifts Ban on Cargo Boats After Sundarbans Oil Spill
Bangladesh today lifted a ban on cargo boats in the world's largest mangrove forest, imposed in the wake of last month's major oil spill in a rare dolphin sanctuary.
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Bangladesh Development 'Threatens Fragile Sundarbans'
Bangladesh's rapid development on the doorstep of the ecologically fragile Sundarbans mangrove forest means "environmental disasters" like this month's oil spill in the massive delta are increasingly likely, experts warn.
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First Dead Dolphin Spotted After Bangladesh Oil Spill
The first evidence of harm caused by an oil spill, from a capsized tanker in Bangladesh's Shela river, on the local flora and fauna surfaced on Sunday, with reports of the first dead dolphin.
