Permalink: https://media.greenpeace.org/archive/Occupied-Hut-along-the-Embankment-27MZIFL67CP6.htmlConceptually similarChildren Play on Ghoramara islandGP01JO9Completed★★★★Children Play on Ghoramara IslandGP01JOACompleted★★★★Sea Level Rise in IndiaGP03QFPCompleted★★★★Sea Level Rise in IndiaGP01V25Completed★★★★Sea Level Rise in IndiaGP01V1NCompleted★★★★Anil Chandra Das on Ghoramara islandGP0190ZCompleted★★★★Three Young Boys in GhoramaraGP019HJCompleted★★★★Sea Level Rise in IndiaGP01V1UCompleted★★★★Sea Level Rise in IndiaGP03QFRCompleted★★★★View AllGP01JOCOccupied Hut along the EmbankmentThe Ghoramara island is reducing drastically due to sea level rise. The Government has built an embankment here to prevent the sea water from eroding the island but this is not a viable long term solution. The people living here will gradually be forced to move to other places.Locations:Asia-Ghoramara island-India-Indian Sundarbans-South Asia-West BengalDate:30 Mar, 2007Credit:© GreenpeaceMaximum size:1920px X 2560pxKeywords:Beaches-Climate (campaign title)-Climate change-Climate change impacts-Day-Erosion-Global warming-Huts-Islands-KWCI (GPI)-Mangroves-Outdoors-Sea level rise-TreesShoot:Climate Change Threatens the SundarbansThe Sundarbans is a fragile set of islands which is particularly vulnerable to the increasing threat of climate change. The rivers that pour down from the Himalayas and empty into the Bay of Bengal have swollen and shifted in recent decades. This has resulted in increased flooding, threatening the local communities and agriculture as crops are swept away by floods or contaminated with water.
