India compromises on WTO deal

Under pressure from the US, it accepts conditions not part of G-33 proposal

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

Signatory to biosafety

Russia bans rice imports from India claiming pesticide contamination

Free trade will bind India

A different waste model

Don't sign free trade agreement with EU, yet: Parliament panel to government

EU-India FTA must pass Parliament scrutiny before it is signed, says panel chairperson

The hunt for new markets

What liberalising trade on environmental goods and services in the WTO is about

India allows Harleys in exchange for mangoes

Energy in news on May 4

Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and debates on energy

60% increase in overall tiger population, but habitat & biodiversity loss threatening Southeast Asian big cats

Countries submit population numbers from 2010-2022 to Global Tiger Recovery Program, CITES

Farmers want Modi to avoid unfair trade deals with Trump

Expresses concern over possible access of US agri products to Indian markets

Global Eco Watch: Major ecological happenings of the week (February 3 – 9, 2020)

Down To Earth brings you the top happenings in the world of global ecology

MAMMOTH ARGUMENT

Wild cats decreasing

Talking green

Participants at an international conference on forest management discuss ways to curb logging

Thriving trade

Monkey business

Malaysia lifts ban on export of long-tailed macaques

COVID-19: Global trade to decline 27% in Q2, warns UNCTAD

Global trade value slumped 3% in first quarter of 2020, according to the report

Not in true spirit

South Asia

Indo-US deal undermines food safety

California lifts kangaroo goods ban

Yale guide to fighting drug patent barriers

How human rights can be used to challenge oppressive intellectual property laws