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SundarbansArchive of news articles on external web sites. For mongabay-specific articles, please see http://www.mongabay.com/xml-list.html
The man-animal war for food & space - 27 Sep 2008 The Statesman,In the last eight months, there have been 11 incidents of tigers straying into the adjoining villages of the Sundarbans, three in this month alone. Man-made threats main reasons for resource depletion in Sundarbans - Sep 25, 2008 The Daily Star,The speakers said this at the workshop organised by Sundarbans Environmental and Livelihood Security (SEALS) at a local hotel. SEAL team leader Dr Patrick Why the tigers' future burns less bright - Sep 26, 2008 guardian.co.uk,John Vidal ('There are many tiger widows here', September 25) reports yet another tragedy for the people and tigers of the Sundarbans. Man-eating tigers stalk fishermen in Indian jungle - Sep 14, 2008 The Associated PressThe Sundarbans, a tangle of unforgiving islands at the mouth of the Ganges River, are home to perhaps the world's largest population of wild tigers — as Tiger caught in Sundarbans - Sep 3, 2008 The Statesman,GOSABA, Sept. 2: An adult tiger that has been giving nightmares to residents of Sajnekhali and Gosaba in South 24 Parganas was caught in a trap laid by Cox's Bazar and Sundarbans - Sep 14, 2008 The Daily Star,It was learnt that New Seven Wonders Authority (N7WA) dropped two natural sites of Bangladesh -- Cox's Bazar & the Sundarbans-- from the list of natural Cox's Bazar, Sundarbans back in race - Sep 10, 2008 The Daily Star,Cox's Bazar and the Sundarbans reverted to their respective first and second places in the race for new seven wonders of nature yetserday, a week after they Govt blamed for not bringing Sundarbans, Cox's Bazar back to race - Sep 6, 2008 The Daily Star,Bangladesh government has not taken any initiative yet to get the names of Sundarbans and Cox's Bazar beach back in the new 7 wonders of the world 'Introduce permit card to collect raw materials from Sundarbans' - Sep 6, 2008 The Daily Star,Representatives from wood collectors (bawali), golpata harvesters, honey and beeswax collectors (moual) and fishermen communities in the Sundarbans, Iceland president visits Sundarbans - Aug 31, 2008 The Daily Star,President of Iceland Olafur Ragnar Grimsson, who is on a three-day visit, toured the Sundarbans yesterday. Grimsson, accompanied by Raja Debashish Roy, Waxpol to start biggest resort in North Bengal - Sep 23, 2008 HospitalityBizIndia,With the major resort in the Sundarbans already in its portfolio, Waxpol also plans to increase the room inventory of the Sundarban Tiger Camp. Bizarre Bazaar: Sep 17 2008 - Sep 18, 2008 South Asian Post, Canada,Bangladesh has closed down four websites accused of cheating to keep two of the country’s best tourism destinations, Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans, Country offers huge tourism potentialities - Sep 14, 2008 The New Nation,The function was arranged to drum up support for voting in favour of Cox's Bazar and the Sundarbans to include them in the New7Wonders. 150 fishermen still missing - Sep 19, 2008 The Daily Star,Meanwhile, the Coast Guard members on Thursday night rescued 40 fishermen from a trawler in Baleshwar area of the Sundarbans. ‘Cheating’ websites shut down - Sep 11, 2008 Gulf Times,DHAKA: Bangladesh has closed down four websites accused of cheating to keep two of the country’s best tourism destinations, Cox’s Bazar and the Sundarbans, Delay in approval of BPC’s plan hampers tourism - Sep 12, 2008 The New Nation,..."We are now in the right track to expand the tourism sector as the Cox's Bazar, the longest sandy beach in the world and Sundarbans, the biggest mangrove They poison canal just for good catch, quick bucks - Sep 12, 2008 The Daily Star,Alike the Sundarbans, the coastal belt of Patuakhali is also full of mangrove forests where many canals are crisscrossing the area. Vulnerability of Bangladesh's coastal region to climate change - Aug 31, 2008 The New Nation,It houses the famous mangrove area called the Sundarbans. The central region is the most active one and continuous process of accretion and erosion is going Pirate killed in Rab shootout - Sep 8, 2008 The Daily Star,Mir Mosharraf Hossain Kochi alias Kochi Bhai, 40, a notorious pirate of the Sundarbans, was killed in a “shootoutâ€? between his cohorts and Rab personnel at Aamir Khan launches the book A Divinity In Flow Ganga - Sep 6, 2008 Kerala Online,...as it grows from gentle streams, flows through the eponymous planes of northern India and is consumed through the vast delta in the Sundarbans. Bangladesh plans to host 1.7 mln foreign tourists in 2021 - Aug 29, 2008 CCTV,...natural sandy sea beach in its southeastern Cox's Bazar district and also has the world's largest mangrove forest Sundarbans in the southwestern part. Satkhira embankment washed away - Sep 4, 2008 The Daily Star,...washed away and 8000 people rendered homeless when a section of the flood-protection embankment on the Kobadak in Satkhira near the Sundarbans gave in. World natural wonder poll: Ha Long Bay drops further - Sep 3, 2008 VietNamNet Bridge,Bangladesh also shares two other positions in the top 15 with India, Sundarbans forest (2 nd ) and the Ganges River (14 th ). The Vietnamese Ministry of Bangladesh, India need more talks on sea boundary - Sep 17, 2008 Reuters India,The two sides had sharp differences over the flow of a river that separates the Sundarbans mangrove forest between Bangladesh and India, one official said. Five Things You Need to Know about Hurricanes - Sep 8, 2008 AlterNet,...city of colonial India, Calcutta, from its inland location behind the mangrove islands of the Sundarbans -- India's equivalent to Louisiana's wetlands. Parjatan to be replaced by tourism board - Sep 20, 2008 Bangladesh News 24 hours (subscription),The attendees at the roundtable called for the promotion of Cox's Bazar and the Sundarbans as one of the seven new natural wonders of the world and also You can't grow a 100-year old tree in 99 years - Sep 19, 2008 The Daily Star,Our oldest known trees are in the Sundarbans. How many people were killed or maimed by the presence of a large number of old trees in Bagerhat, 3 districts flooded, red alert sounded after tides hit coast - Sep 18, 2008 Kolkata Newsline,The worst-hit areas include popular seaside resorts of Digha, Mandarmoni, Shankarpur in East Midnapore, Kakdweep and the Sundarbans in South 24 Parganas. Three West Bengal districts flooded - Sep 18, 2008 SINDH TODAY,The worst-hit areas include popular sea towns of Digha, Mondarmoni, Shankarpur in East Midnapore district and Kakdweep and Sundarbans of South 24 Parganas. Opinion: The feeling of being proud - Sep 17, 2008 The New Nation,If we can win the positions of Cox's Bazar and the Sundarbans as 2 wonders among Seven Natural Wonders, we can easily establish our identity in the world. Global warming, local impact - Sep 12, 2008 The Daily Star,It will permanently inundate the Sundarbans, a world heritage site, with the loss of Bengal tigers (world Bank Report, 2001). 150 Bangladeshi infiltrators arrested at West Bengal border - Sep 12, 2008 SINDH TODAY,They were caught in three different batches at Mangalchandi near Sundarbans in South 24-Parganas district,’ Deputy Inspector General of BSF (south Bengal Climate Change: Rethinking from human perspective - Sep 7, 2008 The New Nation,...and damage of one third of the Largest Mangrove forest ( The Sundarbans) including its unique flora and fauna ( Data compiled from newspaper reports). Govt blamed for non promotion of tourism sector - Sep 5, 2008 The New Nation,Besides, we have Sundarbans, the largest mangrove forest, Cox's Bazar, the longest sandy beach, Saint Martine's, three hill districts, Madhabkunda, Floodwater inundates one fourth of Bangladesh - Sep 5, 2008 Zee News,...a section of the flood-protection embankment on the Kobadak in south-western Satkhira near the Sundarbans collapsed due to the onrush of river waters. “Gazir Gaanâ€? still finds a keen audience in Faridpur - Aug 30, 2008 The Daily Star,He reached Sundarbans and stayed there for seven years. Here fairies and tigers became his disciples. From this belief locals of Sundarban still recall Gazi Las Cataratas del Iguazú podrÃan ser una de las siete maravillas ... - Sep 17, 2008 La Gaceta Tucumán,...esa ubicación de privilegio es ostentada por la playa de Cox`s Bazar, en Bangladesh , seguida por el bosque Sundarbans, ambos del continente de Asia. Ataque de tigre - Sep 9, 2008 Milenio,El bosque Sundarbans, es el hogar de quizás la población de tigres más grande del mundo, asà como de 4 millones de personas que se encuentran entre los más Vịnh Hạ Long "rÆ¡i" khá»?i top 15 - Sep 3, 2008 Khanh Hoa,Ä?ất nÆ°á»›c nà y cÅ©ng chiếm giữ thêm hai vị trà nữa trong Top 15 cùng vá»›i Ấn Ä?á»™ là rừng ráºm Sundarbans (đứng thứ 2) và sông Hằng (đứng thứ 14). Hiện Bá»™ Văn hóa, Cambio climático - Sep 7, 2008 La Patria (Colombia),...más pobladas del archipiélago de los Sundarbans se han sumergido bajo el agua dejando los primeros miles de refugiados a causa del calentamiento global. Wholesale giant plans to pull out of Bengal - Sep 19, 2008 Kolkata Newsline,The farmers will get rid of the middlemen,â€? said Kanti Ganguly, Minister, Sundarbans affairs. “In the agreement, the firm has assured that it is not going Vịnh Hạ Long đứng thứ 13/77 - Sep 9, 2008 Hà Ná»™i Má»›i Online,Hai di sản Ä‘á»™t ngá»™t biến mất khá»?i bảng xếp hạng là bãi biển Cox Bazan (Băng La-đét) và rừng Ä‘Æ°á»›c Sundarbans (Băng La-đét/Ấn Ä?á»™) hai di sản nà y đã từng đứng PrzerażajÄ…ce zdjÄ™cie dotarÅ‚o do Polski! - Sep 1, 2008 Gazeta ÅšwiÄ™tojaÅ„ska,ChÅ‚opak ze zdjÄ™cia pojechaÅ‚ z kolegami na wakacje do Sundarbans.PoprosiÅ‚,aby mu zrobili zdjÄ™cie. Jak siÄ™ wÅ‚Ä…czyÅ‚ flash, chÅ‚opak straciÅ‚ przytomność i po 2. TRAVEL IN BRIEF 5/9 - Sep 5, 2008 VietNamNet Bridge,Bangladesh’s neighbour India has two spots in the top 15: Sundarbans Forest at 2nd place and the Ganges River at 14th. The Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Concurso global de 7 Maravillas Naturales del Mundo en la recta final - Sep 2, 2008 El Regional,...mientras que el continente asiático a ubicado a las Playas de Cox's Bazar (Bangladesch) en la primera ubicación, el manglar de Sundarbans (Bangladesch) Hoy Cataratas está en el puesto 4 - Sep 10, 2008 TerritorioDigital.com,Actualmente en el puesto 1 está la playa de Cox`s Bazar (Asia), seguida por el bosque Sundarbans (Asia) y en tercer lugar se ubican los Cedros del LÃbano, Ponte da Amizade reforça campanha “Vote Cataratasâ€? - Aug 29, 2008 Revista Fator,À frente da “Iguazu Fallsâ€? estão apenas a praia de Cox’s Bazar, em Bangladesh, ea Floresta Sundarbans, de Ã?ndia e Bangladesh. A competição é organizada pela [an error occurred while processing this directive] archives | news | XML / RSS feed | featured
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