Last look: Consensus on Post-2020 Biodiversity Framework draft remains elusive during final pre-COP15 meet
Not enough progress made at 5th Open-ended Working Group on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Can Montreal help communities: Here is what to expect from COP15
The fate of biodiversity hangs in balance as negotiators congregate in Montreal to discuss Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework
Apply precautionary principle to biotechnologies, scientists & policymakers urge at COP15 Montreal
US Department of Agriculture pushing release of genetically engineered American chestnut into the wild worrying
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
Road to COP15 Montreal: Mexican indigenous groups yet to benefit under Nagoya Protocol; here is why
The Convention on Biological Diversity leaves many matters to the interpretation of each country’s laws
Sequence for a just future: Can safeguards for digital genomic data from biodiversity be ensured
Developing countries feel digital sequence information provides a loophole through which developed countries can circumvent the Convention …
Include wetland conservation in upcoming biodiversity, climate change negotiations: Experts
Experts suggested 5 wetland conservation targets for 2030 should be discussed during CoP15, CoP27
Knowledge seeks power
The rights of indigenous communities, which have nurtured traditional systems of knowledge through the ages, will be discussed at length at …
7th GEF Assembly: Member countries get together to ratify Global Biodiversity Framework Fund
Momentum set in Vancouver crucial for achieving the biodiversity and sustainable development goals by 2030
The secret garden
Want to know about a lost variety of rice or a cure to asthma? Answers lie in the notebooks of schoolchildren and women of the Sundarbans and …
It’s still open season for bio-piracy
Rich nations block accord on benefit-sharing rules for the world’s genetic resources
COP15: Marginalised groups urge ‘meaningful’ integration of human rights in post-2020 GBF
Human Rights and Biodiversity Working Group says there are gaps in the GBF related to human-rights relevant indicators
Is India ready for post-2020 global biodiversity framework?
India enacted Biological Diversity Act in 2002 but it has to be implemented by states & many failed to prepare rules
Convention on Biological Diversity: Draft recommendation to focus on One Health approach, COVID-19
The draft also addressed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health, well-being and biodiversity
The North wants to exploit the biodiversity of the South
P Pushpangadan , director, National Botanical and Research Institute (NBRI), Lucknow,speaks to Archana Srivastava on India's biodiversity
Forests protected by indigenous communities may get recognition under CBD
Around 370 million ha of forests across the world are conserved by communities with little support from governments
Road to COP15 Montreal: Cameroon hopes to benefit from its rich biodiversity
It also expects that the conference will result in commitments to foster technology transfer in a way that helps developing countries benefit …
Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework: ‘Implementation needs more resources’
All ASEAN countries face challenges in achieving the two sustainable development goals on biodiversity, leaders said in final session …
Survey results on voluntary meat regulation released
The result, released at United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), did not carry voices from indigenous communities
‘COP15 is our chance to start protecting and repairing the web of life’: UNEP chief
Post-2020 GBF with clear targets will help address multiple crises facing planet, said Inger Andersen, executive-director of UNEP
CoP 11 treads middle ground on biofuels
Admits that biofuel technologies may aggravate drivers of biodiversity loss, but stresses on their role in mitigating climate change
Can Montreal be another Paris? Hopes build up after COP15 President’s text includes key demands
The text of the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework has included targets to halt and reverse biodiversity, respect indigenous rights among others
COP15 CBD: Disclose biodiversity impact, address harmful subsidies, urges EU
Bulk of financial resources for implementation of targets needs to come domestically, says European Commission
COP15: Access and benefit-sharing important agenda at UN biodiversity summit in Montreal, Canada
COP15 is particularly important as a new global biodiversity framework is set to be adopted.
Global report on challenges faced by seed sector launched
Focuses on need to stop seed laws that are preventing farmers from saving and exchanging their indigenous varieties