LAHIRIPUR, India (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Geeta Mridha lost her husband on Valentine's Day 2014. He was fishing in the backwaters of India's Sundarbans National Park with four others when a ...

The Sundarbans is often described as the "home" of tigers. But that is not the whole truth. Undoubtedly, it is a habitat and a home for multispecies, including humans, whose lives are entangled, ...

In a remote corner of eastern India, far in the jungle and hours by boat from any village, there is a camp with a brightly colored shrine to a forest goddess. Behind a tall fence, a statue of Bonbibi ...

In a remote Indian mangrove forest, the arrival of solar power is good for small, local businesses and students trying to study at night. It also means fewer people are being eaten by tigers. In the ...

New Delhi: The National Board for Wildlife this week approved the West Bengal government’s proposal to expand the area of the Sundarban Tiger Reserve, senior officials familiar with the matter told ...

West Bengal's top tourist hotspot, Sundarbans, has been closed to tourists during the entire monsoon season. The Forest Department has announced a complete ban on tourists in the Sundarbans Tiger ...

Last year, as many as 11 people lost lives in Sunderbans Tiger Reserve (STR) area, as per a report in Times of India. Several families in the area lose their sole breadwinner in most cases. To help ...