In the process of learning to nurture the mangrove forests, Irulas have learnt new skills that have lifted them out of abject poverty and given them fresh agency in their lives. Advisory Alert ...

2. Pichavaram mangrove forest Off the popular trail, Pichavaram mangrove forest, 76 km from Puducherry, sprawls across 1,100 hectares. With 40 islands in the midst of a forest, it's as ...

“We were powerless, like children.” Ghoramara Island, India, on the western edge of the Sundarbans mangrove forest, has been robbed of its protective mangroves by tree cutting and sea-level ...

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Other major mangrove forests in India, such as those in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Bhitarkanika, Pichavaram, the Gulf of Kachchh, and the Sundarbans, also need more attention to uncover the ...

When the Asian tsunami washed over several Indian Ocean Rim countries on Boxing Day 2004, it left a trail of destruction in its wake, including a death toll that touched 230,000.