Is coal mineral or bioresource?

Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies

Biodiversity body claims coal

In a first-of-its-kind case, a biodiversity committee in Madhya Pradesh asks for royalty on coal

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 …