A bill for biodiversity

CoP-11 has an urgent agenda: to look for money to fund new targets

Should we play weather god?

Debate continues despite consensus to ban geoengineering

New targets to protect biodiversity must include farmers and agriculture

Africa’s protected areas cover an area of 20.4 million km² or 15.1% of the landmass. But experts say this isn’t enough. 

CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation

Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document 

7th GEF Assembly: Decision on direct funding to civil societies likely during the meeting

More funds would be needed to make this possible without alienating governments

Biodiversity meet: Parties disagree on resource mobilisation

Contact group to now fix individual financial targets for countries

Let the genes cross borders

National sovereignty over genetic resources could undermine food security

G77, China appeal to developed countries to meet commitments on resource mobilisation

Financial targets agreed to by developed countries in Nagoya were to be determined at CoP 11 in Hyderabad

‘Future 50’ food items identified in new report

It also emphasises that food diversity across the world is being lost

Over 10,000 to attend UN biodiversity convention next month

Clear mandates needed from delegates for a biodiversity framework that is strong and yet implementable  

Why do we need to protect wildlife?

In a deeper analysis, it will appear that protecting wildlife is vital for the present as well as future generations

Nations to share genetic resources

Activists call the text of the agreement vague

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

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

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 …

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. …

CBD’s Geneva meetings: Benefit sharing on traditional knowledge & digital sequence information on agenda

Recommendations to be presented at upcoming meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical & Technological Advice as well as COP16

Scientists warn PM against GM contamination

Ask government to be cautious of Bangladesh's Bt Brinjal cultivation

India has approved ratification of Nagoya Protocol

Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan calls for partnership between developed and developing countries to meet the challenges of protecting …

Access, yes. Sharing, no

The access and benefit-sharing protocol on biodiversity may do little to deter multinationals from grabbing the planet’s resources