Amrita Sen
Amrita Sen
Locally comprehensible and actionable forecasts
Posted on 09 Feb, 2023 06:00 PMA recent study dealing with the Indian Sundarbans, the cyclone capital of India, uncovers how and why advances in scientific knowledge and technological developments are failing to enhance resilience of the marginal and vulnerable populations, instead continually unmaking their lived environments.
![Broken houses of village in Gosaba Islands as water flooded their houses after Cyclone Aila struck this island in Sunderbans in West Bengal (Image: Anil Gulati/India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/3582509964_b48dfafcd9_o.jpg?itok=CPVP5Cf1)
What's conservation without local hand?
Posted on 24 Mar, 2017 09:48 AMCan forest conservation policies that ignore the livelihood needs of local, indigenous populations succeed in protecting biodiversity and wildlife?
Experiences from the Sundarbans show that such policies not only result in the suffering of the local population, it also leads to the exploitation of natural resources and biodiversity in the region.
![Mangroves of the Sundarbans. (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunderbans.jpg?itok=3woK9Uxh)