Biopiracy case turns intense

Biodiversity authority to challenge stay obtained in Bt brinjal case two days before hearing

Patanjali judgement can have ramifications beyond Uttarakhand

NBA sources say many big players in the industry have not yet registered with biodiversity boards

India to confront Monsanto in US

Biodiversity Authority will oppose Monsanto’s patent application involving Indian melon

National Biodiversity Authority chairperson, Pisupati, resigns

The only chairperson with a background in biodiversity administration to have headed NBA, he was under extreme pressure to resign prematurely

Most biodiversity panels now in place, National Biodiversity Authority to tell NGT

More than 243,000 committees formed as of January; target was to set up 252,709.

Karnataka Biodiversity Board washes hands of Bt brinjal biopiracy case

Activists say authority protecting Mahyco-Monsanto which used indigenous brinjal varieties to develop India's first genetically modified crop

'Biodiversity authority needs autonomy'

Balakrishna Pisupati was the first biodiversity expert to head India's National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and had more than six months to go …

Bt Brinjal: NBA may prosecute Mahyco, collaborators

Mahyco claims innocence, alleges violation by Dharwad University

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Village throws a googly

Remote Eklehara has challenged what can be classified as a bio-resource and who should benefit from its use

Benefit interrupted

Biodiversity authority prepares a weak draft of guidelines on access and benefit sharing of natural resources

Environment minister cornered over bio-piracy of brinjal

National Biodiversity Authority says decision on legal proceedings soon

Karnataka High Court issues notice to National Biodiversity Authority on charges of paving way for biopiracy

Petition by a non-profit accuses authority of callousness towards protecting the country's biodiversity

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Pursuing a nationalist IPR policy

India has enough laws to protect its intellectual property rights. It is the implementation that is wanting

Bt brinjal: National Biodiversity Board to lodge complaint against Mahyco soon

It took two years to investigate bio-piracy allegations regarding use of  indigenous brinjal varieties to create India's first transgenic …

A people’s festival to protest CBD conference

Non-profits to represent united resolve to protect the country’s natural wealth and bio-cultural heritage from powerful economic interests

'Building and retaining capacity is the toughest challenge'

Balakrishna Pisupati is in the hot seat as chairperson of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), where he has to deal with regulatory and …

Curious case of seaweed

AquAgri pays highest sum in royalty but benefits do not reach people

Bt brinjal biopiracy case: court vacates stay

Karnataka High Court allows biodiversity boards to go ahead with criminal prosecution of seed company Mahyco and others, accused to using local …

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 …