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Celebration of ‘International Mangrove Action Day’
A decorative colourful tableau illustrating the biodiversity of Sundarban was organized by NEWS in collaboration with District Panchayat & Rural Development and West Bengal Biodiversity Board. The tab..30Jul
Nature Club
Nature club named “PRAKRITI” was launched at M.P Birla Higher Secondary school on 09.07.2016 by NEWS. The theme of the inauguration Class was ‘For life on earth: Save Water’. Separated sessio..09Jul
Nature club ‘PRAKRITI’
Nature club “PRAKRITI” of M.P Birla Higher Secondary school started their ‘shutter club’ journey on 06.08.2016 where the senior section learnt basic skills regarding wildlife photography from ..06Aug
Stakeholder Workshop on Synergy for Biodiversity Conservation and Fisheries Based Enterprise Development in Sundarban Tiger Reserve
Venue: Presidential Hall, Hotel Middleton Chambers..10Jan
Stakeholder workshop on ‘Synergy for Biodiversity Conservation and Fisheries based Enterprise Development in Sundarban Tiger Reserve’
A Stakeholder workshop on 'Synergy for Biodiversity Conservation and Fisheries based Enterprise Development in Sundarban Tiger Reserve' held on 10th January, 2018 at Presidential hall, Hotel Middleton..10Jan
One day Workshop on “Conservation of Biodiversity of Sundarbans”
A one day Workshop on ‘Conservation of Biodiversity of Sundarban’ was held on August 17, 2016 for the 140 Gram Panchayats from all 13 blocks of South 24 Paraganas district located in Indian Sundar..17Aug
NATURAL RESOURCE CONSERVATION BY NEWS
Single Line Transplantation of Paddy with Azolla cultivation Single line transplantation (SLT) of paddy with Azolla cultivation is economically and environmentally ideal to increase the yield and q..13Feb
GNF PROJECT TEAM MEETING AT SRI LANKA
A Project Team Meeting will be held by Global Nature Fund at Ambalangoda, Sri Lanka in Collaboration with Nagenahiru Center For Environment and EMACE from 19 to 23 March, 2018. Two partner organizatio..19Mar
REHABILITATION OF JACKAL POPULATION FROM NETAJI SUBHASH CHANDRA BOSE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT 2017-2019
We are working at the Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport since 2017 to safely rehabilitate the population of Jackals present there. Jackals are very old residents of the place. The t..19Mar
Continuation of Nature Club “PRAKRITI” 24.Sep.16
In continuation of the Nature club named “PRAKRITI” at M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School, Behala on 24.Sep.2016, another separate session on awareness and sensitization program for bot..24Sep
School programme on Global Freshwater Challenge
As a part of the awareness drive on freshwater challenge by Nature Environment Wildlife Society (NEWS) & Earthwatch Institute, a presentation was organised at Ballygunge Vidyalaya Shilpa Shikshaya..29Feb
Fresh Water Watch (FWW) events under HSBC-Earthwatch Water Programme
Under project: Supply of Citizen Science Research & Education services Funded by: Earthwatch Institute India Fresh Water Watch is basically an initiative to engage trained Citizen Science Leader..07May
For A Green Kolkata- An EY Foundation Initiative
Under project: For a Green Kolkata Funded By: Ernst & Young Foundation NEWS along with Kolkata Municipal Corporation organized a one day plantation event “For A Green Kolkata - An EY Foundat..22Aug
A seminar on ‘East Kolkata Wetland’ in Techno India Engineering College
The seminar was organized jointly by NEWS and Techno India Group, Salt Lake on 16.10.2015 with an aim to build awareness among the future engineers of our country on East Kolkata Wetlands – a Ramsar..16Oct
An UGC sponsored seminar on ‘Man and Nature: the East Kolkata Wetland Perspective’
The programme was on various aspects of man and nature interactions. Focus was on the East Kolkata Wetland biodiversity, history and functions. As the wetland receives and purifies almost entire sewag..24Sep
Backyard Poultry Farming as Alternative Livelihood for Sundarban Women
Backyard Poultry Farming as Alternative Livelihood for Sundarban Women Inhabitants of the coastal regions of West Bengal, especially women who were engaged in saline river water fishing of prawn se..26Mar
Continuation of Nature Club “PRAKRITI” 22.Oct.16 & 5.Nov.16
In continuation of the Nature club named “PRAKRITI” at M.P. Birla Foundation Higher Secondary School, Behala on 22.Oct.2016 and 5.Nov.2016 another separate session on Biodiversity of Sundarbans ha..05Nov
Program on Healthy Energy
A Programme on Healthy Energy was jointly organised by Earth Day Network, India and Nature Environment and Wildlife Society in collaboration with Nafargung Gram Panchayat during 26.02.2016 - 27.02.201..26Feb
NEWS Stall at 40th Kolkata International Book Fair
NEWS & ENVIRON had a collaborative stall at 40th Kolkata International Book Fair with a theme on wildlife and communities dependent on vulnerable ecosystems...31Jan
JINDAL STEEL WORKS LIMITED, DOLVI PROJECT Mangrove Restoration and Development of Sustainable of Livelihood (Under CSR) (January – March, 2018)
Since 2016, the CSR Department of JSW, Dolvi is working on Restoration of Mangrove, Livelihood and Study of Biodiversity of Dharamtar Creek on Amba river.The perpose is to prevent saline ups..29Mar
MLE Visit to Bhitarakanika, Odisha on 24th November 2016
To build resilience of the coastal communities of Bhitarakanika, Odisha through increased livelihood security, ten beneficiaries were selected out of thirty one in Dangamal, Kamalpur, Badadia and Tril..24Nov
Expert Visit to Bhitarakanika, Odisha
Expert (livestock, fishery and agriculture) visit was successfully conducted on 23rd to 25th December 2016 to build resilience of the coastal communities of Bhitarkanika, Odisha through increased live..23Dec
“Augmentation of alternative livelihood options of fishermen through comprehensive development (integrated farming) in Balagarh Block”.Funded By: WBADMIP,GOVT.OF WEST BENGAL,Under financial assistance from World Bank
Objectives and Goals: Develop community based replicable model for augmentation of alternate livelihood linked with riverine fisheries resources conservation for river fishers through Pilot proje..29Mar
Citizen Science Leader (CSL) Days
Under project: Supply of Citizen Science Research & Education services Funded by: Earthwatch Institute India Citizen Science Leader events are part of HSBC-Earthwatch Water Programme. During t..18Mar
Workshop on Wildlife Photography & Conservation of Nature
The workshop will be held on the occasion of photography club inauguration at the Automobile Engineering Department of MCKV Institute of Engineering, Howrah. ..04Mar
Honorary Volunteer as a “Bonyapran Sathi” with Wildlife Wing, Directorate of Forest, Govt of West Bengal
Wildlife Wing, Directorate of Forest presents an unique opportunity to be an honorary volunteer and partner in Wildlife Conservation. To join as "Bonyapran Sathi" log in to www.wildbengal.com & ww..17Mar
Rehabilitation and protection of tropical Mangrove ecosystems as a contribution to climate and coastal protection, to the conservation of biodiversity as well as the natural livelihoods in India and Sri Lanka – Kick-off Meeting from 27th February – 03rd March 2017, Pakhiralaya, Sundarbans, India
The kick-off meeting saw the participation of 2 partner organization from Srilanka namely Nagenahiru and EMACE, 2 partner organization from India namely CreNIEO and NEWS and GNF, Germany. The list of ..27Feb
BSI team visit Report
BSI team visited BuraburirTot of G plot G.P.and Lakshmipur of Madhusudanpur G.P. during 29-31st March 2018 for monitoring of mangrove plantation done by NEWS in 2017. They met the women group and loc..30Mar
Celebration of Earth Day with NOVOTEL at East Kolkata Wetlands
Nature Environment & Wildlife Society (NEWS) celebrated EARTH DAY with employees of NOVOTEL on 22.4.2017 with an awareness and citizen scientist training program at East Kolkata Wetlands...22Apr
Home stay eco-tourism in Sundarban
Community led Tourism is emerging as a very popular word in tourism sector especially for those tourists who intend to travel to pristine landscapes, creating low carbon footprints and are eager for e..07Mar
Awareness Generation program on Snakes at Kumirmari Vallage
Snakes are the most common danger for the village community of the Sundarban. Abundance of snakes at Kumirmari village is also quite high, but common people have little knowledge about venomous and..27Jun
Empowerment of Women of Sundarban through Poultry Farming to Strengthen Ecosystem Conservation
Nature Environment and Wildlife Society had organised an event to empower the women steward group of Amlamethi village of Gosaba Block, South 24 Parganas. In this program 1000 chicks and poultry fee..07Aug
A visit to East Kolkata Wetland by South Calcutta Girls’ College
In an educational visit of South Calcutta Girls’ College students from departments of Economic, Political Science, Journalism and Mass Communication to a part of East Kolkata Wetland (4 no.bheri) co..05Apr
CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL MANGROVE ACTION DAY
Mangroves are unique yet fragile ecosystem which insure security of local communities. Its contributes to protect the coastline and provides forest products, sustain fisheries and acts as a vital carb..26Jul
Celebration of International Mangrove day by NEWS
July 26th is the International Mangrove day. Some of you may wonder ‘why’? Do World’s Mangroves deserve to get their own special day? The answer is obvious - “yes, they definitely do.” And..26Jul
Capacity Building program for Frontline workers on Disaster Risk Reduction at Kumirmari, Gosaba Block, South 24 parganas
A full day training programme on Disaster Risk Reduction was organised at the NEWS office at Kumirmari to train village youths on 13 July, 2018. The objective of the program was to understand the con..13Jul
Brotherhood of Rakhi festival now protect the Mangrove of Sudarban
The word ‘Raksha Bandhan’ aks ‘Rakhi’ originated out of two words, ‘Raksha’ meaning providing a protection and ‘Bandhan’ meaning bond. Hence, the word ‘Raksha Bandhan’ refers to ..26Aug
World Environment day – Go wild for life
Poster and drawing competition on protecting wildlife was organised at Edumagic center, Budge Budge by NEWS, where documentary video on illegal wildlife trade was shown to the participants and also a..03Jun
UNITED INDIA INSURANCE COMPANY LTD. SUPPORTS THE MANGROVE STEWARDS OF SUNDARBAN FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT
A profound difference, to overcome a major challenge in the supply-chain faced by the Badabon Harvest Farmer Producer Company (BHFPO), is what the United Insurance Company has made. Thanks to the pivo..12Dec
