Earth quake

Climate-smart agriculture: an answer to climate change

Sustainably increasing agricultural production, adapting to climate change and reducing emissions are the main points of climate-smart …

Government's agri-research set-up is undemocratic

Water in a sieve

Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries

Pawns in conservation

Maharashtra forest department’s conservation model puts Madia tribals in Naxals’ line of fire

Mining bill gets it right

Sikkim to delegate powers to local people to protect lakes

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley

Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers

Election 2014: How green are our political parties?

A look at the future of green clearances through the manifestos of political parties in the electoral fray

It’s not just about a good holiday

Making ecotourism work for all stakeholders requires a new vision

Wind is big

Crazy for GI? Think again

The protection of Geographical Indication is not a guarantee that the artisan or producer will benefit; traders can corner the premium

Village throws a googly

Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use

Is coal mineral or bioresource?

Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights

Legislation for a few

Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers

Benefit interrupted

Biodiversity authority prepares a weak draft of guidelines on access and benefit sharing of natural resources

Mining for people

New mining bill to ensure industry shares its super-profits with affected people

Diversion route

Undermined

Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good

Access, yes. Sharing, no

The access and benefit-sharing protocol on biodiversity may do little to deter multinationals from grabbing the planet’s resources

Bamboo liberation day

According to former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, minor forest produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act

Cabinet dilutes new mining bill

Alters provision on sharing of profits with affected people