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Mangroves as Carbon Sink

Volunteers in Chargheri village of Sunderbans help in planting lakhs of mangroves which offer a dense forest cover and a rich carbon sink. The Sunderbans is a complex network of islands set in the delta on the Bay of Bengal and spread ac

27 November, 2023 Biodiversity & Environment GS-III SHARE IT

Mangrove Pitta Bird

Mangrove Pitta Bird In recent months, Kendrapara and Jagatsingpur, two coastal districts of Odisha, undertook the first mangrove pitta bird census. What is the Mangrove Pitta? About: The Mangrove Pitta bird (Pitta megarhyncha)

18 April, 2023 Biodiversity & Environment GS-III SHARE IT

Climate Mangrove Alliance

Climate Mangrove Alliance The "Mangrove Alliance for Climate" was recently established by the UAE and Indonesia on the fringes of the COP27 UN climate meeting taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt. India joined the Mangrove Allian

14 November, 2022 Biodiversity & Environment GS-III SHARE IT

Declining Mangrove Cover: NASA STUDY

Declining Mangrove Cover: NASA STUDY NASA recently brought attention to the disappearance of mangroves on Katchal Island, which is a part of India's Nicobar archipelago. Image Source - NASA.gov Findings Of NASA Mangrove loss:

12 August, 2022 Biodiversity & Environment GS-III SHARE IT

Mangroves in India

Mangroves in India They are evergreen forests with salt tolerant trees (halophytes). They are adapted to low oxygen (anoxic) conditions of waterlogged mud. The richest Mangrove communities occur in

11 July, 2021 Biodiversity & Environment GS-III SHARE IT

A tale of mangrove migration

A tale of mangrove migration Introduction: In 2008, Punarbasu Chaudhuri, mangrove ecologist from the University of Calcutta spotted an interesting mangrove plant at the bank of river Hooghly inside Kolkata city. It was quite unusual, as ma

07 October, 2020 GS-III SHARE IT

The Sundarbans Mangrove Forest

The Sundarbans Mangrove Forest The Sundarbans mangrove forest, one of the largest such forests in the world, lies across India and Bangladesh on the delta of the Ganges, Brahmaputra and Meghna rivers on the Bay of Bengal. It is adja