Protect world heritage sites to conserve biodiversity: UN

World heritage sites house 20% of mapped global species   

There’s biodiversity in our backyard and it can help us fight malnourishment

Green leafy veggies are rich in vitamins and minerals

Earth lost a tenth of wilderness in just two decades

Major losses have occurred in the Amazon and Africa. Efforts to protect the critical areas are failing to keep pace with the rate of loss

Dragonflies as sentinels for freshwater conservation

Freshwater is one of the most threatened resources on Earth. Dragonflies can tell us what we need to know about the state of this precious resource

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

‘Save Chamundi Hills’ campaign in Mysuru gains momentum

Development projects will be a direct threat to scores of medicinal plants, flowering plants and about 150 species of birds

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

How a UN platform to stop biodiversity loss could up its game

Biodiversity keeps declining despite lots of accumulated knowledge and numerous international and national commitments to act

Agasthyamala included in UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserve

The Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve comprises of tropical forests and is home to 2,254 species of higher plants including about 400 that are …

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 …

Sounds of silence: a forest that survived 'development'

A trip to the Silent Valley National Park is a valuable lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity conservation

Road map to save environment

A global map highlights regions where road construction will have high environmental costs

Curb on mining in Western Ghats

MoEF accepts Kasturirangan report; will declare one-third of the range ecologically sensitive