Sundarbans. Photo source: ©© Arindam Bhattacharya
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On December 9, 2014, a wrecked tanker released approximately 94,000 gallons (78,271 Imperial gallons) of heavy fuel oil into the Shela River, which runs through the Sundarbans, the sprawling and remote mangrove forest shared between India and Bangladesh in the Bay of Bengal.
Now another shipping disaster is unfolding, as a capsized cargo vessel, Jabalenoor, leaks 200 tonnes of potash fertilizer into the Sundarbans’ Bhola River, southeast of the earlier oil spill…
Read Full Article, National Geographic
Oil Spill in Bangladesh’s Unique Mangrove Forest, National Geographic (12-17-2014)
On December 12, three days after a cargo vessel collided with a tanker, oil coats mangrove trees in the Sundarbans, a delta that forms the world’s largest contiguous tidal mangrove forest—a haven for a spectacular diversity of animals. More than 90,000 gallons of oil have spilled into the rivers and creeks of the region…
UN Sends Team to Clean Up Sunderbans Oil Spill in Bangladesh, Guardian UK, (12-18-2014)
