Shimali Chauhan

Research Associate, Biodiversity & Food

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The bill would place heavy registration and paperwork requirements on ordinary seed savers and community seed banks, requirements that small farmers would struggle to meet, while large seed companies, with legal and administrative resources would clear easily.

Farmer groups warn MPs that Seeds Bill and trade deals could weaken control over traditional seeds

Shimali Chauhan

06 Aug 2026

4 min read

SBSTTA28 in Nairobi.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Amid concurrence and disagreement over various issues, SBSTTA28 ends in Nairobi ahead of CBD COP17 in Yerevan

Shimali Chauhan

02 Aug 2026

4 min read

Agarwood and oil made from it.

Wildlife & Biodiversity

Wildlife trade body to meet in Geneva to decide the fate of the world’s traded plants

Shimali Chauhan

13 Jul 2026

4 min read

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