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

Nature conservation is becoming another way to make money

Reworking informal businesses

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

Jharkhand to share mining profit

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

A model arrangement

COP15: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted

Countries have their work cut out till 2030

Trouble in Mexico

Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us-funded project

Cry neem

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

Beyond techno fixes

Vulnerable people can be agents of change, not mere recipients of assistance

Meeting in vain

The fifth conference on biological diversity held recently in Nairobi ended on a flat note

Another board

Patches of green

Even after 10 years, the joint forest management programme has made little headway

Missing the grass for the trees

Overprotection of grasslands in India is leading to its decline

Staying legal, staying reasonable

A law can be effective only if it's reasonable

Bill Or Bull?

Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?

Mining Bill gives people their due

It ensures that mine owners share profit with people

Forests brushed aside

CoP-11 fails to finalise guidelines to safeguard forest biodiversity

A violent forest

Reconciling conservation and livelihoods in Sundarban mangroves

Promised Moon, Paid Pittance - Madhya Pradesh

Mining bill gets it right

Lost in interpretation - Maharashtra

It’s not just about a good holiday

Making ecotourism work for all stakeholders requires a new vision

Is coal mineral or bioresource?

Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies

Legislation for a few

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

Mendha Lekha's struggle for bamboo rights