Plant treaty: Ways to benefit custodians of agricultural biodiversity in focus
Treaty calls on nations to protect, promote their rights to save and use traditional seeds
‘Freak incident’: ONGC, ISOR downplay geothermal fluid discharge into Ladakh’s Puga nullah
Both agencies also said the water discharged from the borehole after a blowout August 16 was benign
Eating ‘exotic foods’? You’re helping in emission of 3 gigatonnes of greenhouse gases yearly
The world could reduce emissions by 0.38 gigatonnes by replacing imports and exports with locally grown food, according to a new study
India emits the most sulphur dioxide in the world
Five of the top 10 SO2 emission hotspots from coal/power generation industry across the world are in India, finds a Greenpeace study
All about the first-ever global assessment on biodiversity
Down To Earth followed the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services’ from when it was a draft to …
Burden of relief: The cost of letting captive plants off green power grid
The Union government’s decision to exempt captive power plants from meeting renewable energy targets will upset India’s climate …
CSE welcomes much-awaited Delhi government notification on approved fuel list
Notification mandates use of only cleaner fuels and bars all toxic and polluting fuels from being used in the city
After a 23-year-long battle, Tamil Nadu's Sterlite plant finally shuts down, permanently
On Monday evening, the state government passed a government order to shut down Vedanta group's Serlite copper smelting plant permanently
Anti-Sterlite stir: Tension continues as kin of those killed don’t get dead bodies
Activists say the government plans to cremate the protestors who died in police firing on its own
Anti-Sterlite stir: Parts of Tuticorin return to normal, but activists say it’s far from over
Despite a court order, ban on internet has not been lifted and activists claim police are harassing people
Scientists develop bio-fortified maize to address ‘hidden hunger’
The new hybrids have 4.5 folds more vitamin A content and similar amounts of lysine and tryptophan as earlier varieties
Zimbabwe baobab trees dying due to mysterious disease
This could cause a potential food crisis in the country which is in the throes of drought
Plant-based diet linked to lower type-2 diabetes risk
The study is the first to make a distinction between healthy plant-based diets and less healthy ones that include things like sweetened foods and …
Ensuring human survival
"The future of human civilisation could depend on our ability to defend and make sustainable use of biological diversity," he adds. FAO recently …
The fly that got away
The American serpentine leaf miner that infiltrated into India about two years ago is destroying agricultural crops
Vanishing breeds
While debating the ways to attain global food security, national governments ignore the most pertinent issue: rapidly disappearing agro-biodiversity
Fear no starch
By the turn of the century, you can dig your teeth into anything starchy and yet maintain good dental health -courtesy, genetically engineered plants
Shoot to protect
With the creation of a new variety of rice plant which is resistant to bacterial leaf blight, genetic engineering has once again made one of …
Kudankulam Away from Reactor storage: Locals want MPs, MLAs at public hearing
DMK has agreed to send elected representatives
Tribals voice protest against power project in West Bengal’s Ayodhya Hills
Villagers claim that the power project will destroy their forests and elephant habitats
Worms in US apples
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GMs renegade genes
Ecological costs of a GM plant are higher than benefits
Abscisic acids stressful tactics
Scientists figure out how to make plants drought-resistant
Go wild
Ashwagandha that grows in the wild fights illness better