-डाउन टू अर्थ, यास चक्रवात के बाद सुंदरवन के प्रभावित लोगों तक राहत सामग्रियां पहुंचाने के लिए कई एनजीओ आगे आये और उनकी तरफ से भोजन से लेकर पानी तक पहुंचाया गया। लेकिन इस राहत अभियान ने सुंदरवन के इको-सिस्टम पर भी बहुत असर डाला है। सुंदरवन की नदियां-तालाब व जमीन प्लास्टिक के बोतल, फुड पैकेट्स, पाउच आदि से भर गये। सुंदरवन का इलाका पश्चिम बंगाल के उत्तर व दक्षिण 24 परगना...
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Climate for change by Supriya Sule
The drowning Sundarbans, receding Gangotri, excessive and untimely rain in Maharashtra and unprecedented droughts in Madhya Pradesh. Seen in isolation, these events may seem like random coincidences. Put it all together and the story that emerges is of an impending catastrophe. As mankind raced towards industrial and consumption driven development goals, the concept of sustainability got lost somewhere along the way. While we, the common people, might think that climate change...
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Climate change is forcing humans and tigers in the Sunderbans delta of eastern India into closer contact - and attacks on people are on the rise. The BBC's Chris Morris reports. They are magnificent, but deadly. Rarely seen, hidden in the jungles. But now the Royal Bengal tigers which roam through the vast mangrove forests at the mouth of the river Ganges are coming into closer contact, and conflict, with humans....
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