New photography book on Sundarbans on sale now

Posted on 13. Nov, 2009 by in Best of Bangladesh, Responsible Travel, Sundarbans

Elisabeth Fahrni Mansur & Rubaiyat Mansur are normally a modest pair. But if you ask them anything about the Sundarbans, that quickly changes. When it comes to promoting cetacean conservation, under the banner of the Bangladesh Cetacean Diversity Project, you’ll quickly find they are staunch advocates of the whales and dolphins of Bangladesh.

Do you know where your shrimp comes from?

Posted on 23. Dec, 2008 by in Food, Responsible Travel, Sundarbans

If not, maybe you should find out. “White Gold”, as Swedish NGO the Swallows NGO has termed shrimp from Bangladesh, is one of the nation’s most environmentally threatening products. This is because the shrimp farms require saline water. In a bid to increase production for the lucrative product, producers have forcibly taken land from poor [...]

Tour operators of Sundarban: the Joybangla.info review

Posted on 04. May, 2008 by in Editorials, FAQ, Sundarbans

~story by Mikey Leung~ You’re considering a journey to Sundarban, one of the world’s most pristine wildernesses and certainly a highlight of the subcontinent. Who do you turn to for more information? In the course of our research we’ve managed to try out a few operators—but perhaps you know others. Feel free to let us [...]

Conserving the Sundarbans Tigers: The Sundarbans Tiger Project speaks out

Posted on 30. Mar, 2008 by in Editorials, Sundarbans

Tigers are in the news again, but finally we’re hearing from the conservationist side of the story. As Adam Barlow writes: I hope, for the sake of the tigers, that there will be no further unbalanced attacks the media that are at best divisive and at worse damage tiger conservation. It is much easier to [...]

The Rocket: a misnomer of sloth-sized proportion

Posted on 28. Mar, 2008 by in Best of Bangladesh, Free Travel Tips, Sundarbans

When the Rocket steamer service first commenced its service in 1956, the vessels may have been some of the fastest water-borne vessels of their time. Eighty years and one refurbishment later, the four Rocket is still “hammering around the Delta,” as travel writer Jack Barker put it, and fortunately only one of the six original [...]

Tiger collaring under controversy in Bangladesh

Posted on 01. Mar, 2008 by in Editorials, Responsible Travel, Sundarbans

Some recent controversy has arisen over the work of the Sundarbans Tiger Project, a conservation project based in the Bangladesh side of the Sundarbans. The issue mainly stems over whether the project is doing good by learning the habits of the majestic animal, or contributing to its demise. Its opponents argue that the drug used [...]

Guide Tours online fundraising complete: $1,855 raised

Posted on 21. Jan, 2008 by in Sundarbans

A woman stands with her young daughter while collecting relief goods being delivered from CARITAS. Villagers suffered greatly during the cyclone. Many lost their homes, boats and livelihoods. Nevertheless, people are now busy picking up the pieces and rebuilding their lives. See more photos here.. Dear Donors, Well aware that this message is late in [...]

Guide Tours Sundarban relief effort update

Posted on 08. Dec, 2007 by in Sundarbans

1st Field Report from The Guide Tours Ltd. Relief Efforts On November 15th 2007 cyclone Sidr hit Bangladesh; thousands of lives and homes were destroyed, hundreds of boats and men were lost in our coastal waters. The Sundarban forest took a heavy blow. Within hours we received word from friends around the world, extending their [...]

To protect Sundarban, its stewards must change

Posted on 08. Dec, 2007 by in Sundarbans

This story republished from the New Age, Friday, Dec. 7, 2007. Because the new age stories do not stay online permanently, the editors of Joybangla.info saw it fit to be re-published here. Photo by Belinda Meggitt. It is estimated that between 5 and 10 million people who live along the coastal belt and the fringe [...]

Guide Tours appeals for help for victims of Cyclone Sidr

Posted on 25. Nov, 2007 by in Sundarbans

republished from an e-mail message from Guide Tours Dear Friends, Greetings from The Guide Tours Ltd. We hope you and your families are well. Reports and pictures from the devastating effects of cyclone Sidr have certainly reached your homes. Caring words from all over the world are reaching us with concerns and requests to extend [...]

BBC's Bangladesh Boat Diary Goes Live

Posted on 30. Oct, 2007 by in Free Travel Tips, Sundarbans

BBC World Service’s Bangladesh Boat Diary has gone online and live as of October 29. For the next month, 48 people—scientists, BBC journalists and others—have crammed onto the M.V. Aboshar, a vessel of Guide Tours, to write, photograph and broadcast news from the riverways of Bangladesh. Their chosen theme is climate change, in which Bangladesh [...]