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
Protecting 30% of Earth’s surface for nature means thinking about connections near and far
Protecting forests and grasslands can help slow climate change by promoting carbon storage in soil and plants
Can Montreal help communities: Here’s a look at access and benefit-sharing around the world
Communities managing and providing biodiversity resources do not get benefits, while users evade regulations
Road to COP15 Montreal: Indigenous groups in South Africa benefit from rooibos tea industry; here is how
Rooibos comes loaded with antioxidants that can boost immunity, reduce risks of heart diseases, protect from viral infection and has anti-…
Can Montreal help communities: Access and benefit-sharing mechanisms are yet to translate to real gains
Nagoya Protocol sets clear mandates for potential users of genetic resources to obtain prior informed consent from the communities …
Are millets safe from biopiracy?
2023 is the International Year of the Millets and during the year, efforts would be made to promote this superfood
Humanity stands at crossroads to protect biodiversity: COP15 president
Discussions on the crucial Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework would take place
Political and market economics determine global biodiversity crisis: IPBES9 report
The ‘Diverse Values and Valuation of Nature’ report by IPBES9 suggests blending values of nature and economic benefits through policy …
Desertification: Food systems under scrutiny as 12 million Ha of lands lost annually
The Conference of Parties to the UN Convention to Combat Desertification started May 9 to chalk out plans to restore 1 billion Ha of …
Merely designating an area as protected not enough, says Princeton study; here is why
It is as important to protect the areas already protected as it is to create new protected areas, say researchers
‘OECMs are a win-win for conservation and community’
Down To Earth talks to conservationist Vinod Mathur to learn more about India’s roadmap to conserve its marine regions
Biodiversity framework: Ambitions running amok at negotiations ahead of CoP15
Negotiators have a tough task to clean up the text of global biodiversity framework in 6 days and ready it for December
Road to COP15 Montreal: Kenya’s local communities have had limited benefits from their natural resources; here is why
Many communities are vulnerable to manipulation, rendering the whole principle of fair and equitable sharing of benefits impractical
What do science-based targets to limit climate change really look like?
Commitment to climate justice demands that rich countries make deeper cuts to their emissions than merely equalising per-capita emissions by 2030
Double financing for natural ecosystems by 2025 to deal with climate, biodiversity crises: UN report
Current global investments in nature-based solutions $154 billion per year, needs to be $384 billion
COP15 Montreal: Breakdown in talks on resource mobilisation; delegates walk out
Does this impasse indicate a rift that could derail the Framework?
Monsoon session of Parliament to decide fate of Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill
Bill fails to benefit communities that have protected biodiversity in the country
COP15: Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted
Countries have their work cut out till 2030
Weasels, not pandas, should be the poster animal for biodiversity loss
Small carnivores don’t typically get as much public attention as larger species
Amazonian biodiversity: Indigenous convoy to bring focus to threats during Montreal summit
Non-profit Amazon Watch, among others, to participate in COP15 CBD
Geneva meet concludes with progress on ‘Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework’ for CoP15
CoP15 was to be held in Kunming, China in 2020 but will now be held in August this year
Global Biodiversity Framework: What happened in Nairobi?
The preparatory meeting on biodiversity ends with little consensus
BASIC distinct
Developing countries isolate Copenhagen Accord
The US and us