Women plant mangroves to bolster India's cyclone defences

Sundarbans , India (AFP) Nov 9, 2021

With India facing ever more powerful cyclones, women in the world's largest mangrove forest are planting thousands of saplings to help protect their coastal communities from climate change. The Sundarbans straddle the coastline into neighbouring Bangladesh and are home to some of the world's rarest creatures, including the Bengal tiger and the Irrawaddy dolphin. The forest has been desig