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
Disclosure-shy industry
Pharma and biotech firms are lobbying hard to block disclosure of origin of genetic material used in inventions, but they also raise thorny issues
Global Biodiversity Framework: What happened in Nairobi?
The preparatory meeting on biodiversity ends with little consensus
First GBFF council meeting takes baby steps for biodiversity
Operational matters discussed, but nothing on resource mobilisation
Over 100 countries sign Kunming Declaration on biodiversity conservation
It calls upon the parties to “mainstream” biodiversity protection in decision-making
Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2022 passed
It has to be ensured that these amendments help India meet the targets set up under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
Marine protected areas are underfunded. Experts discuss ways to address the funding gap
A well-managed and sufficiently funded MPA can restore good health to vulnerable ecosystems, help achieve global biodiversity conservation goals
Global Coalition for Biodiversity launched on World Wildlife Day
The coalition will be made up of zoos, aquariums, national parks, museums, botanical gardens from around the world
Coming up: New set of targets to protect the natural world
This year, the Convention on Biological Diversity is set to identify a new ‘Global Biodiversity Framework’ of targets for the coming …
Talks on global plan to protect biodiversity begin in Nairobi
The meet is the first step towards adopting a new global framework on biodiversity post 2020
Nagoya Protocol: inter-governmental committee to hold a third meeting
When and where the negotiating parties will meet is yet to be decided
Kerala becomes first state in country to complete formation of biodiversity management committees
They will draw plans for conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biodiversity
World Earth Day 2022: Community-conserved biodiversity is key to sustenance and strong bioeconomy
Community participation is paramount in conserving biodiversity, especially since local communities directly benefit from using biological …
Why the world is worried about this new biotechnology
In the Convention on Biological Diversity, a moratorium on biotechnology, like genetically engineered mosquitoes, takes centre stage
Will India ratify the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Protocol?
Protocol needs serious inter-ministerial deliberations, says MoEF official
Green rider for GDP
World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth
Decision on capacity building to handle GMOs tops biosafety meet agenda
Countries have reported they lack appropriate legal, institutional and technical capacity for decision making on genetically modified organisms
World hasn’t met a single Aichi biodiversity target: Leaked UN Report
While there has been progress, it is insufficient, according to the document
Biodiversity framework: Ambitions running amok at negotiations ahead of CoP15
Negotiators have a tough task to clean up the text of global biodiversity framework in 6 days and ready it for December
The Avon lady lifts our biodiversity
Loopholes in the Biological Diversity Act being used to export India’s genetic material
7th GEF Assembly: Global Biodiversity Framework Fund ratified
First projects under the new Fund likely to roll out ahead of CBD’s CoP16
World Intellectual Property Organization working towards treaty on traditional knowledge, folklore
Draft text though fails to address the problem of biopiracy of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge using patents, says experts
Canada, UK given Dodo Awards by civil society
The awards are given to countries that contribute to biodiversity loss
IPBES9 assessment reports: Conservation vs use vs sustainable use?
Global body grapples with the question of how biodiversity can be used sustainably and ensuring social justice
'Building and retaining capacity is the toughest challenge'
Balakrishna Pisupati is in the hot seat as chairperson of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), where he has to deal with regulatory and …