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Arnob Paul and Pratyush Kumar Jana of the Department of Aquatic Biology have resumed work on fish diversity and heavy metal contamination in the lower stretch of the Ganges delta. Such research works are parts of their M.Sc dissertations, which they would be conducting under the supervision of Dr. Sourav Paul.

The ECSF and Purbasha Echo-helpline Society of Indian Sundarbans have jointly organized a workshop on  “Mangrove and Climate” with the communities of Indian Sundarbans between 27 and 28 December 2023. The program was to create awareness among kids and communities. The workshop was held at a pre-school at Chargheri village of Indian Sundarbans. The workshop was coordinated by “Mangrove Man” Umashankar Mandal and Ms. Debarati Sengupta. The workshop was endorsed by the ECOP program of the IOC – UNESCO UN Ocean Decade (2021-2030). 

Congratulations to all the students, scientists, management members, and well-wishers of the ECSF as their hard work let to the unique recognition of the foundation in the NGO Task Group of IOC-UNESCO UN Ocean Decade (2021-2030). The ECSF is the sole representation of India in the NGO Task Group. We aim to communicate various challenges related to estuaries and coasts and the communities for finding sustainable solutions in the UN Ocean Decade (2021-2030).

The ECSF and the B.B. College Asansol have jointly organized a one-day state-level workshop on “Environmental data analysis and decision making” on 13.12.2023 at the Department of Zoology of the B.B. College Asansol. The workshop trained various univariate statistical techniques and decision-making processes of environmental data analysis. The workshop was attended by U.G, and P.G students as well as faculty members of the college. Dr. Sourav Paul was the resource person who conducted the course through lectures followed by hands-on training of CRAN R software. 

The foundation in collaboration with B.E. College Model High School has conducted One Day field workshop on Water quality of a Ramsar Site at East Kolkata Wetland on 12 December 2023. Participants were higher secondary students and teachers of the school. On behalf of the ECSF Dr. Sourav Paul and Dr. Kanailal Das acted as resource persons.

Ms. Debarati Sengupta, the Ocean Literacy Coordinator of the foundation has been selected to participate in the International Symposium of the United Nations Regular Process on strengthening the ocean science-policy interface, which will take place in France, Paris from 12-13 December 2023. This will be conducted jointly by The United Nations Office of Legal Affairs, Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea and Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission of UNESCO. 

A popular talk on current environmental issues was organised by Eco Club of Rabindra Mahavidyalaya on 7 th December, 2023 at the college campus . Speakers such as Dr Sourav Paul , Mr Sumanta Biswas(Padman), Uma Shankar Mondal (Mangrove man) delivered lecture on contemporary issues of cyclone, women’s health, and mangroves, respectively.

Jhinook Mitra supervised by Dr. Bhaskar Deb Bhattacharya has successfully defended her research on ‘Hourly variation of mesozooplankton and water quality of Thakuran estuary, Indian Sundarbans’. ECSF wishes Jhinook the best of luck in her career.

Aritra Bhattacharya supervised by Dr. Tanoy Mukherjee has successfully defended his research on ‘Bioacoustic Differentiation of Greater Coucal (Centropus Sinensis) at subspecific level’. The ECSF wishes Aritra “Best of Luck” in his career.