Access, yes. Sharing, no
The access and benefit-sharing protocol on biodiversity may do little to deter multinationals from grabbing the planet’s resources
The secret garden
Want to know about a lost variety of rice or a cure to asthma? Answers lie in the notebooks of schoolchildren and women of the Sundarbans and …
Disclosure-shy industry
Pharma and biotech firms are lobbying hard to block disclosure of origin of genetic material used in inventions, but they also raise thorny issues
Green rider for GDP
World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth
The Avon lady lifts our biodiversity
Loopholes in the Biological Diversity Act being used to export India’s genetic material
Big step for biocultural rights
The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this
Trail of a $500 m gene
How a rare African algae collected by a French academic turns into a commercial bonanza for an equity firm in Hong Kong. Are there any benefits …
Let the genes cross borders
National sovereignty over genetic resources could undermine food security
Breach of trust
The world’s premier rice research institute tilts towards intellectual property rights
Water in a sieve
Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries
The loss of our breeds
Buy an Indian breed from Australia
It’s still open season for bio-piracy
Rich nations block accord on benefit-sharing rules for the world’s genetic resources
The hunt for benefits
India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …
Should we play weather god?
Debate continues despite consensus to ban geoengineering
CoP 11: No consensus on resource mobilisation
Jayanthi Natarajan hopeful of Parties agreeing on a final document
Biodiversity meet: Parties disagree on resource mobilisation
Contact group to now fix individual financial targets for countries
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
Nations to share genetic resources
Activists call the text of the agreement vague
UN report warns of effects of urban expansion on biodiversity
Urban areas set to triple by 2030; population to touch 4.9 billion
Implementation of biosafety norms not satisfactory: Gbedemah
Funds availability a major hindrance, says head of biosafety at CBD
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. …
COP-9 makes slow progress
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 …
Forests protected by indigenous communities may get recognition under CBD
Around 370 million ha of forests across the world are conserved by communities with little support from governments