Taking stock of biodiversity
The Convention on Biological Diversity, 20 years on, is still struggling to stem the precipitous decline in biodiversity. After missing the 2010 …
The hunt for benefits
India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …
Price of nature
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Don’t just count the trees
Quality of forests is as important as tree cover
Prayers for a little
Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation
Book The economics of biodiversity conservation valuation in tropical forest ecosystems
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Call from cave
Bats, largely elusive till now, are slowly revealing their secrets as scientists record and analyse their calls
Earth has lost half of its ecosystem
Two-thirds of land-based ecosystems must be sustained to support life on the planet, says study
Earthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet)
We focus on large, charismatic animals at the expense of these crucial "lowly creatures"
Pay farmers for providing ecosystem services; make agriculture attractive: experts
A steady income for farmers will stem migration and reduce pressure on urban areas as rural people will stay back in villages
Road map to save environment
A global map highlights regions where road construction will have high environmental costs
Rice at risk
Growing paddy is not viable for small farmers of Kerala. Will the state be able to preserve the crop which delivers a number of ecological …
Why global environmentalists are silent on Venezuela's mining crisis
Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining to prop up its economy. But a huge part of the area is a fragile ecosystem that …
1000000 species under extinction. Blame humans
The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and …
Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas
Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood
World Environment Day: We can tackle climate change through ecosystem restoration
We need to invest in research on ecosystems; we need governance that is multi-disciplinary and multi-agency and we need to protect what …
India must factor in ecological loss while calculating GDP: experts
Experts at the 3rd National Dialogue on Himalayan Ecology called for assessing the value of ecosystem services in monetary terms
Will India lose one of its last patches of Jurassic forest?
Kathalekan, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is a relic forest with Myristica swamp ecosystem. It has remained unchanged for over 100 …
Crucial biodiversity hotspots still not under protection radar
According to a report, protected areas are critical for maintaining a healthy environment for people as well as nature
Found: 'lost' forests covering an area two-thirds the size of Australia
The discovery boosts the total global forest cover by nine per cent and has significant consequences for carbon budgets
Should farmers get steady income?
Farmers have rarely been considered eligible for payment for various ecological services. The old concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services can …
Quantifying ecosystem value crucial for conservation, say experts
Experts gathered at the second international dialogue on Himalayan ecology spoke of valuing mountain ecosystems for their services
Transboundary conservation is essential to save endangered Red Pandas
Protection of the existing species, corridor management with the enrichment of bamboo and other species & awareness creation to reduce the …
Public banks responsible for $800 billion in damages to nature annually: Report
Some 450 public development banks worldwide are exposed to a ‘dependency risk’ worth $4.6 trillion, due to their investments in nature-…
Study sheds light on functioning of global river-based ecosystems
Around 153 researchers from 40 countries worked on the paper, which shows how climatic factors that govern decomposition rates are increasingly …