India, April 7 -- A new study finds the Sundarbans, a UNESCO World Heritage mangrove forest shared by India and Bangladesh, is losing resilience.

10-15% of its area showing reduced ability to recover from stress between 2000 and 2024.

Cyclones, climate change and human pressures are driving "critical slowing down", making key zones more unstable and threatening biodiversity and carbon storage.

The Sundarbans, a United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site spanning India and Bangladesh, is seeing a marked decline in its ability to recover from environmental stress like climate driven and anthropogenic disturbances, a new study has found.

Researchers estimate that around 10-15 per cent of...