UN heritage status for Odisha's Koraput farming system
Indigenous knowledge and farming practices of the region's tribal people recognised for promoting food security and conserving biodiversity
Reluctant funding
Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost
371,000-ha rainforest sold in Guyana
Biodiversity governance: A mix of knowledge and forest management for benefit sharing
People’s biodiversity register a roadmap for forest management plans; it documents knowledge of status, history, ongoing changes and …
Biodiversity governance: Access and benefit sharing and its implications on agricultural resources
A special instrument for access to crop genetic resources, access and benefit sharing (ABS) system, is fraught with challenges
Biodiversity governance: The agreements and laws that help enforce it
Major legally binding conventions to protect nature were adopted at the Rio Summit where several countries came together amid rapidly …
Common concerns
As the commons come under increasing assault, academics, practitioners and policymakers come together to devise ways to protect shared resources
India ignores biodiversity
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 …