Rewarding the custodians of forests: Payments for ecosystem services can help foster community conservation

These incentives are not handouts, but rather a long-overdue recognition of the invaluable services these communities have been providing for …

No free lunch for water projects

The concept of environmental flow appears unscientific, dangerous too

Less species, more diseases

Researchers blame increased human population

Biodiversity buffer

It can protect dryland from withering due to climate change

A promising pathway

Rio+20, green economy and India

From forestry to productive forestry

Paying farmers for ecological services

Soon: India’s first REDD project

Forest conservation effort in Meghalaya can claim carbon benefits

India Inc’s new bogey

Industry raises the decibel against green clearances

Forest value to be revised

50 per cent of net present value of forests should go to communities, says report

Green rider for GDP

World is moving towards natural capital as a measure of economic growth

Lessons from Kakarapalli

Nature is being renamed 'natural capital' – but is it really the planet that will profit?

Nature conservation is becoming another way to make money

Payment for ecosystem services can be a tool for guaranteed farm income: experts

According to experts, farmers should be paid for the ecosystem services they provide

Science and Technology - Briefs

The world needs transformative changes, else...

Humanity will miss Sustainable Development Goals, warns IPBES report

Forests are breaking up in tropics but coming together elsewhere — here’s what it means for wildlife & climate

Forest fragmentation is bad news for many unique animal and plant species 

Without action, Asia-Pacific ecosystems could lose a third of their value by 2050

In the Asia-Pacific region, Afghanistan shows the greatest potential losses and gains

Evidences dating back to the 1500s to be used for projections on climate change, biodiversity

The scoping study will be conducted over three years and analyse impact up till 2050

Three experts to lead key assessment of invasive alien species

The assessment will offer governments and decision-makers the best available evidence

Weaving insect wildlife back into the tapestry of life

The fate of insects is entwined with that of people and of many other vertebrates

Forestry, the Mexican way

Climate change leads to worst mangrove destruction in Australia

Some 7,000 hectares or nine per cent of the mangroves were destroyed in one month

Convention on biological diversity

Oil spill could devastate Mauritius’ coral reefs, say experts

They also call for more coverage of oil spills in India