Trees are the stabilizers of the planet's ecosystem. They contribute to the environment by providing oxygen, improving air quality, climate amelioration, conserving water, preserving soil and supporting wildlife. Trees also lower the air temperature and reduce the heat intensity caused by global warming by maintaining
Last year on May 20, super cyclone Amphan struck West Bengal’s shores and left a trail of destruction in several areas of south Bengal including Kolkata, which was completely devastated. The destruction, unprecedented in recent public memory, resulted in thousands of houses being damaged, low-lying
Saheli Mitra is a passionate gardener and runs her own tree group called To Trees With Love. She is also a post-graduate in Environmental Biology We often say, ‘Look Within.’ I say ‘Bring Nature Within.’ You do not then need to look out, travel, lead marches
Diptarka Ghosh is a research scholar in Zoology and a passionate environmentalist West Bengal might be a small state in size, but it is home to about 12.27% of the Indian biodiversity that is known till date. According to the State of Forest Report, 2019, West
It was a rainy August evening in the village of Panchal in Bankura. Farmer Bhairab Saini, famous for his rare lost variety of Bengal paddy cultivation in Bankura clusters, was returning from a hard day of work in the fields. He was accompanied by his
The West Bengal Government has drawn up a Rs 120-crore East Kolkata Wetland Management Plan to save the “lungs and kidney” of the city, said Mr. Vivek Kumar, Additional Chief Secretary, Department of Forest and Environment, Government of West Bengal, at a programme organized by
‘Go Green’ is a catchy slogan in itself, and we have perhaps become used to mouthing it without really meaning it, or knowing how to go about it. But if we were to follow the example of Natabari 2 panchayat in Coochbehar, we could, perhaps,
“Where have the 50 million mangroves gone? Last year, there was big talk that they would be planted. How many have actually been planted?” that’s what West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had asked outright at an official review meeting recently. Banerjee herself inaugurated the
Cyclone Yaas may have changed course slightly to take in more of Odisha and less of West Bengal, but it is still expected to bring winds ranging from 65 to 75 km per hour to Kolkata, Purba Medinipur, and South 24 Parganas today and tomorrow.
You couldn’t make this script up. As we approach the first anniversary of the utter devastation caused by Amphan, which struck West Bengal on May 21, 2020, there is already talk of the next tropical cyclone which could make landfall in these parts, to be