The Sundarban Tramjatra aims to raise awareness about trams and the Sundarbans. But the struggle to save trams in the teeth ...

The public will to protect wetlands, complemented by strict implementation of regulations, can perhaps turn the tide in ...

Kolkata, March 16 (IANS) The wise-use plan recommended by a Ramsar official to manage the ecologically fragile East Kolkata Wetlands (EKW) calls for a review of the map of the 12,500 hectare site and ...

The suo motu public interest litigation by the Meghalaya High Court very recently, to monitor the conservation of wetlands in the State brings the focus back on this important ecosystem. Since 1971, ...

• Observing the biodiversity of the mangroves and wondering at mudskippers, fish that walk on land but when the water ...

My thesis is on the East Kolkata Wetlands and the fisheries and fisherfolk community it supports. I am going to look at some of the threats to these fisheries, like climate change and urbanization and ...

a luxury 5-star hotel beside the East Kolkata Wetlands. The location was quiet with little going on outside, but I appreciated the peaceful atmosphere after staying in noisier areas. My $180-per ...