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Goa introduces tags to protect biodiversity zones

Organisations selling products, which are made using ingredients from these zones, will now have to pay 0.01 per cent of their annual profits to …

Maharashtra’s Glory of Allapalli gets biodiversity heritage site status

As many as 130 floral species comprising trees, shrubs, vines herbs and grasses have been identified in the forest

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Act of omission

Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops

In short

Curious case of seaweed

AquAgri pays highest sum in royalty but benefits do not reach people

The hunt for benefits

India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …