Peaches and pests

Peach oil may replace some dangerous human-made compounds used for pest control

Secret revealed

Lateral Thoughts: Where is the money for biodiversity? 

The amendments have reduced the scope of access and benefit sharing and new thinking is needed ensure that communities are not sidelined 

Can Montreal help communities: DTE’s coverage on access and benefit-sharing in the run-up to COP15

Benefits arising from the use of biodiversity have not been shared equitably with communities who have protected it for centuries

The herbal coming!

An Indian research institute has developed a herbal insecticide and a neem-based insect repellent

Code of misconduct

The human genome may not solve all our problems. One of the most far-reaching consequences of the decoding is the ability to predict people's …

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  

UN report warns of effects of urban expansion on biodiversity

Urban areas set to triple by 2030; population to touch 4.9 billion

Water in a sieve

Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries

Breach of trust

The world’s premier rice research institute tilts towards intellectual property rights

International Day for Biological Diversity 2020: Spotlight on nature-based solutions

The purpose of observing the International Day for Biological Diversity is to highlight importance of conserving biodiversity

Alarm over terror tool

Smallpox scare leads to panic purchase of its vaccine

Undercover agents

What makes nematodes so good at killing crop pests

Over 100 experts oppose ‘Nature Positive Fund’ in open letter to UN before COP15

‘Nature Positive Economy’ promotes the financialisation of nature’s destruction, they said

COP15 Montreal: Asia must speed up its protected area coverage 6 times to meet 30X30 goal

Conservation measures governed by local communities can help the world meet targets on protected areas, according to a new research

Chinese hydropower giants are irreversibly damaging biodiversity. A new report explains how

Two Chinese hydropower giants account for construction of half of the world’s dams, which have been causing irreversible damage to …

India's miracle tree ready to storm markets

After generating a lot of scientific interest worldwide, neem is now attracting pesticide manufacturers and pharmaceuticals keen to exploit its …

New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae

Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an …

Safe or smug?

The awareness of the looming threat of bioweapons has evoked a serious response from all over the world, except India

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 …

Is coal mineral or bioresource?

Biodiversity board in Madhya Pradesh challenges coal companies

Implementation of biosafety norms not satisfactory: Gbedemah

 Funds availability a major hindrance, says head of biosafety at CBD

COP-9 makes slow progress

Everyone is stealing germplasm

When agronomist Ralladoddi Hampaiah was advisor to the Russian government, he discovered how easy it was to take genetic resources out of India. …