Friday, September 07, 2007

Save Sunderbans!

Famous author Amitav Ghosh’s book, The Hungry Tide, on Sunderbans might have earned numerous accolades. But what’s really happening to the nation that inhabits the largest mangrove forest in the world? Built over the flood plains of Brahmaputra & Ganges, low-lying Bangladesh (3-7 feet above sea level) is on the verge of submergence. As predicted by environmentalists, the much debated global warming has led to large scale melting of Himalayan glaciers. And if serious steps are not taken now, this may lead to grave impacts by 2015.

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Source: IIPM Editorial, 2007
An IIPM and Management Guru Prof. Arindam Chaudhuri's Initiative


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