International Biodiversity Day: It is about our relationship with nature

WATCH: Sunita Narain spells out why it is all about our choices as the world celebrates another International Biodiversity Day in the shadow of …

International Biodiversity Day 2021: We are part of the solution

Let us make the International Biodiversity Day a routine action rather than a mere one-day celebration every year

Four regional biodiversity assessments released; focus is on the way we use resources  

About 500,000 square kilometres of land in Africa might be degraded if the region continues to follow the same resource usage pattern

Philanthropists announce $5 billion for biodiversity restoration, conservation

Largest-ever private funding commitment for biodiversity a momentous move for a nature-positive world, says WWF

Life on Earth at risk

A series of landmark reports show rapid biodiversity loss, land degradation driving species to extinction

New lizard species discovered in Mumbai; more pan-India studies needed

At least 10-15 new species of lizards have been discovered in the last 2-3 years

Private players express interest in financing biodiversity conservation

India currently spends about US$ 2 billion per year but needs US$ 5-15 billion more to meet biodiversity conservation targets

Know your law

How African honey bees can help mitigate global colony losses

The way the Africa honeybee's deal with parasites and pathogens can teach western beekeepers and researchers how to adapt their bees

‘State protection for wildlife not a panacea for conservation’

Down To Earth speaks to Brain Heath, CEO of Mara Conservancy and director of Seiya Ltd, about the conservation model in Kenya, other African countries

Sealing the dragon's lair

Indonesia decides to close its Komodo island, home to the world's largest lizards, to tourists in order to conserve the animals

Dead Zone: Where the Wild Things Were

A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them. 

Network Nature: The Place of Nature in the Digital Age

How do people avoid the stresses of the digital age?

Land Bridges: Ancient Environments, Plant Migrations, and New World Connections

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity.

Our Oldest Task – Making Sense of Our Place in Nature

This is a book about nature and culture. 

Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics

Environmentalists are called upon to defend their conservation efforts, yet most lack training in the ethical dimensions of conservation biology …

Biodiversity Day: Focus on food biodiversity and human health

Sustainable management of biodiversity in agricultural landscapes and seascapes can support the transition towards healthy diets, says UN …

Radical overhaul needed to halt earth’s sixth great extinction event

Changes in climate could have contributed, but humans with their hunting and fires were almost certainly the death knell for many of these species

Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth

In Wild Things, Wild Places actress, author, and conservationist Jane Alexander offers a moving first-hand assessment of what is being done to …

International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions

The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity

UN: $200 billion increase in fund flow to developing countries for managing nature

It is one of many demands and targets that have been set through 2030 in the just-released official draft of a new Global Biodiversity Framework

In celebration of biodiversity

Zero draft of post-2020 biodiversity framework flags rapid decline

People's participation to preserve biodiversity, says UNEP chief at Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals CoP

EO Wilson’s lifelong passion for ants helped him teach humans about how to live sustainably with nature

Wilson, who died December 26, 2021, at the age of 92, discovered the chemical means by which ants communicate

Meet thy neighbours

Every existence has its excuse, it is said. Every year taxonomists in India venture into uncharted landscapes and scan every nook and corner to …