Bullying tactics

Let the genes cross borders

National sovereignty over genetic resources could undermine food security

Numbering the game

A team of British specialists in population ecology have made a breakthrough in the collection of rare data on some endangered animals by …

Pollution changeth

Industrial pollution can cause genetic alteration in species

Trojan fish?

Uphill TRIPS

Bid to revive morality, transparency issues in patents regime amid stiff resistance

Breaking the skin barrier

Genetic source of eczema and a form of asthma located

Nations to share genetic resources

Activists call the text of the agreement vague

Finally, microorganisms and pollinators receive much needed support: Technical working group formed by FAO

19th session of Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture held July 17-21, 2023 in Rome to decide on the agenda for next two years

Report accuses India-born businessman of unchecked land grabbing across continents

Sivasankaran’s land grabbing spree has threatened millions of livelihoods, says report

Genes and extinction

GENETICS AND THE EXTINCTION OF SPECIES·Editors – Laura F Landweber and Andrew P Dobson·Princeton University Press·…

Busy preludes to biodiversity meet

Crucial issues such as protection of traditional knowledge, and creation of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit …

Homeward bound

Some fish return to the reefs where they spawn. The idea is to maintain genetic distinction

Gender bender

Low oxygen induces sex change in fish

Maya of Indian Science

Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability

Ominous gene transfer

Genes from drug-resistant bacteria enter bacteria in soil and water

Water in a sieve

Don’t confine global resources to national boundaries

Environet

This column will bring you an update on various groups and individuals working in fields related to environment, development and the sciences. …

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Environment, genes and mutations

Pollutants in the environment cause dreaded diseases like cancer by mutating some genes. Scientists have begun to explore the human genome to …

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. …

Access, yes. Sharing, no

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

Bytes

Act of omission

Public institutions do not seek permission from the biodiversity authority before genetically manipulating crops

Modified situations

The Philippines introduces stringent laws for GM products; six European countries in the dock for lax GMO laws