When sharing is so hard

Ayush companies claim the laws on biodiversity require only foreign entities to share benefits of commercialisation

Can Montreal help communities: Here’s a look at access and benefit-sharing around the world

Communities managing and providing biodiversity resources do not get benefits, while users evade regulations

Nature is being renamed 'natural capital' – but is it really the planet that will profit?

Nature conservation is becoming another way to make money

Elected democracy: democratic enough?

Global trends reveal that people are no longer finding this popular governance mechanism effective

Reworking informal businesses

In countries like India, informal business is the existing order of the day

Road to COP15 Montreal: Kenya’s local communities have had limited benefits from their natural resources; here is why

Many communities are vulnerable to manipulation, rendering the whole principle of fair and equitable sharing of benefits impractical

Jharkhand to share mining profit

State to give 80 per cent of sand mine auction profit to panchayats

New Mineral Policy gets Cabinet approval

Citing limited exploration of mineral reserves, Modi government opens up reconnaissance permits to private companies

Future is in our hands

We can make or break it, depending on whether we stand up and are counted or let markets drive democracies

Here’s a good news conservation story: farmers are helping endangered ecosystems

There’s been a variety of market-based programs for conservation on farmland in Australia, but we don’t know what the total …

70% of ministry’s budget released, claims tribal affairs minister

Jual Oram claimed that about 16.78 lakh individual titles have been granted over an area of 55.43 lakh acres of forest land

Road to COP15 Montreal: Indigenous groups in South Africa benefit from rooibos tea industry; here is how

Rooibos comes loaded with antioxidants that can boost immunity, reduce risks of heart diseases, protect from viral infection and has anti-…

Honey, they shrunk our livelihoods!

Honey collectors gamble with their lives to eke out a livelihood in the Sundarbans, but are forced to sell it to the forest department for a pittance

Economy that nurtures

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A model arrangement

Greenbucks

COP15: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted

Countries have their work cut out till 2030

Road to COP15 Montreal: Namibia’s unique scheme ensures implementation of Nagoya Protocol

Namibia allows the creation of community forests so indigenous groups can manage their own natural resources

Natural embrace

Are we ecological serial killers or benevolent conservationists? Muriel Kakani narrates some refreshing perspectives of camel herders in Rajasthan

Trouble in Mexico

Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project

Can Montreal help communities: Access and benefit-sharing mechanisms are yet to translate to real gains

Nagoya Protocol sets clear mandates for potential users of genetic resources to obtain prior informed consent  from the communities …

Can mining be sustainable?

Two main pre-conditions for achieving sustainability are good governance and self-regulating mining enterprises

How does water dictate India's relations with neighbours?

China’s dam-building and water division plans along the Brahmaputra River are a source of tension with India

Jharkhand’s own Amul model

A model where small producers engage in a large-scale economic activity is important in the development laboratory of India

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent