A people’s festival to protest CBD conference

Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests

Struck at the root

Livelihood of 2,000 families is threatened as the Maharashtra forest department tries to ban extraction of lotus roots

Fifth of the world's reptiles threatened by extinction: study

Indian crocodile, king cobra among species in great danger of disappearing forever

Developed countries to double biodiversity-related funds flow by 2015

Provided developing countries make robust baselines and reporting framework

'Most countries don’t want to recognise indigenous people as people'

Mohammed Taghi Farvar, former director of Avicenna University in Iran, is a well-known ecologist and social scientist. At present, he is the …

India denies GMO contamination in basmati

EU had sought clarification after finding genetically modified organisms in the exported rice

Where river runs black

Industries from far and near dump untreated toxic effluents near Ulhasnagar, choking a river and sickening people

Bt brinjal biopiracy case: court vacates stay

Karnataka High Court allows biodiversity boards to go ahead with criminal prosecution of seed company Mahyco and others, accused to using local …

Climate change, biodiversity loss and other global ills share root causes

The world is in the throes of a ‘sixth extinction crisis’ — an accelerating loss of species at a rate far more rapid than the …

Who is monitoring Lavasa?

Lavasa Corporation is rushing to complete its township in Western Ghats. No one knows if the promoter is complying with conditions on which it …

Gentle on critical pollution

After declaring 43 industrial areas in India as critically polluted and imposing a moratorium on their expansion, the Union Ministry of …

Sexual and gender-based violence during COVID-19: lessons from Ebola

Sexual and gender-based violence does not begin with disasters like the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic. But the chaos and …

Mr Modi, Wish us a Happy Environment Day

Letter

Words are biotic

Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic plurality are also areas of biodiversity?

Environment Day: Green agenda for new government

Get the focus on environment and health, Mr Prime Minister