When sharing is so hard
Ayush companies claim the laws on biodiversity require only foreign entities to share benefits of commercialisation
Cameroon adopts Nagoya Protocol to benefit from its rich biodiversity
Critical that country master real value of biological resources to better negotiate with companies that use them, says expert
Can Montreal help communities: Here’s a look at access and benefit-sharing around the world
Communities managing and providing biodiversity resources do not get benefits, while users evade regulations
Lateral Thoughts: Will benefits from genetic resources ever reach communities?
Consensus on access and benefit sharing on genetic resources continues to be elusive
Nature is being renamed 'natural capital' – but is it really the planet that will profit?
Nature conservation is becoming another way to make money
Reworking informal businesses
In countries like India, informal business is the existing order of the day
Elected democracy: democratic enough?
Global trends reveal that people are no longer finding this popular governance mechanism effective
Road to COP15 Montreal: Kenya’s local communities have had limited benefits from their natural resources; here is why
Many communities are vulnerable to manipulation, rendering the whole principle of fair and equitable sharing of benefits impractical
Jharkhand to share mining profit
State to give 80 per cent of sand mine auction profit to panchayats
New Mineral Policy gets Cabinet approval
Citing limited exploration of mineral reserves, Modi government opens up reconnaissance permits to private companies
Future is in our hands
We can make or break it, depending on whether we stand up and are counted or let markets drive democracies
Here’s a good news conservation story: farmers are helping endangered ecosystems
There’s been a variety of market-based programs for conservation on farmland in Australia, but we don’t know what the total …
70% of ministry’s budget released, claims tribal affairs minister
Jual Oram claimed that about 16.78 lakh individual titles have been granted over an area of 55.43 lakh acres of forest land
A model arrangement
Greenbucks
Economy that nurtures
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Road to COP15 Montreal: Indigenous groups in South Africa benefit from rooibos tea industry; here is how
Rooibos comes loaded with antioxidants that can boost immunity, reduce risks of heart diseases, protect from viral infection and has anti-…
Honey, they shrunk our livelihoods!
Honey collectors gamble with their lives to eke out a livelihood in the Sundarbans, but are forced to sell it to the forest department for a pittance
COP15: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted
Countries have their work cut out till 2030
Trouble in Mexico
Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project
UN body can face litigation if seabed mining is approved before developing regulations: Paper
Council of the International Seabed Authority needs to discuss appropriate means for equitable sharing of benefits, among other things
Road to COP15 Montreal: Namibia’s unique scheme ensures implementation of Nagoya Protocol
Namibia allows the creation of community forests so indigenous groups can manage their own natural resources
Natural embrace
Are we ecological serial killers or benevolent conservationists? Muriel Kakani narrates some refreshing perspectives of camel herders in Rajasthan
Cry neem
There is more to neem than fighting a patent
The need for the public sector
For services the marginalised need