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Plastic pollution by tourists wreaking havoc on Sundarbans • Feb. 14, 2025, 10:43 PM ET (Daily Star)
2025 Sundarbans Day: Deer poaching surges in the Sundarbans | সুন্দরবন দিবস • Feb. 13, 2025, 9:37 AM ET (Daily Star)
Forest guard injured in Royal Bengal tiger attack in Sundarbans • Feb. 10, 2025, 9:54 PM ET (The Indian Express)
Sundarbans: How mothers are fighting to stop drowning deaths in Indian wetlands • Jan. 27, 2025, 12:39 AM ET (BBC)

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