Lateral Thoughts: Where is the money for biodiversity?
The amendments have reduced the scope of access and benefit sharing and new thinking is needed ensure that communities are not sidelined
Biopiracy case turns intense
Biodiversity authority to challenge stay obtained in Bt brinjal case two days before hearing
Patanjali judgement can have ramifications beyond Uttarakhand
NBA sources say many big players in the industry have not yet registered with biodiversity boards
India to confront Monsanto in US
Biodiversity Authority will oppose Monsanto’s patent application involving Indian melon
National Biodiversity Authority chairperson, Pisupati, resigns
The only chairperson with a background in biodiversity administration to have headed NBA, he was under extreme pressure to resign prematurely
Most biodiversity panels now in place, National Biodiversity Authority to tell NGT
More than 243,000 committees formed as of January; target was to set up 252,709.
Karnataka Biodiversity Board washes hands of Bt brinjal biopiracy case
Activists say authority protecting Mahyco-Monsanto which used indigenous brinjal varieties to develop India's first genetically modified crop
'Biodiversity authority needs autonomy'
Balakrishna Pisupati was the first biodiversity expert to head India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and had more than six months to go …
Bt Brinjal: NBA may prosecute Mahyco, collaborators
Mahyco claims innocence, alleges violation by Dharwad University
Biodiversity—India’s other scandal
CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents
Village throws a googly
Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use
Benefit interrupted
Biodiversity authority prepares a weak draft of guidelines on access and benefit sharing of natural resources
Environment minister cornered over bio-piracy of brinjal
National Biodiversity Authority says decision on legal proceedings soon
Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy
Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity
Whose germplasm is it?
NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case
Pursuing a nationalist IPR policy
India has enough laws to protect its intellectual property rights. It is the implementation that is wanting
Bt brinjal: National Biodiversity Board to lodge complaint against Mahyco soon
It took two years to investigate bio-piracy allegations regarding use of indigenous brinjal varieties to create India's first transgenic …
A people’s festival to protest CBD conference
Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests
Curious case of seaweed
AquAgri pays highest sum in royalty but benefits do not reach people
'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 …
Bt brinjal biopiracy case: court vacates stay
Karnataka High Court allows biodiversity boards to go ahead with criminal prosecution of seed company Mahyco and others, accused to using local …
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 …