New poster released to highlight threat to orchids from illegal trade
The poster was released ahead of Save the Himalayas Day 2022 and depicted 11 species protected under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
Nike and Adidas are using kangaroo skin to make sneakers. Is that necessary?
How popular shoe manufacturers are contributing to the world’s largest commercial slaughter of land-based wild animals
The trade in body parts of people with albinism is driven by myth and international inaction
An upcoming UN meeting on witchcraft and human rights in Geneva is set to focus on the rising attacks on Albinos and the trade of body parts in …
COVID-19 hurts farms: No buyers amid bumper mango season in Malda
Full-house at orchards despite pandemic keeping away workers, but hardly any transport now
Balancing trade wars
Livelihood opportunities should take precedence in global trade talks as it is more about employment than anything else right now
Darkening shadow over drug access
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is another trade pact that will tighten patent laws
Last chance for the big cat
Several countries are getting tough with tiger poachers and traders in what may be the final attempt to save the magnificent beast:
Trade vs environment
Nine years since the North America Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was created, the environmental impacts of trade liberalisation in the region …
Four leopards killed every week in India: WWF
Report warns that the endangered cat may reach near extinction as happened with tiger
Poaching biggest threat to sturgeon species in Danube; 337 illegal activities in 7 years: Report
At least 955 sturgeon specimens seized during 2016-2022, the study showed
US targets China’s wind subsidy
Files complaint in WTO; says China unfairly helping equipment makers
Toxic mall
Instead of curtailing use of plastics, the Delhi government sets up a new market
Free access
Certified renewable
Renewable energy certificates find currency in Europe
Whose right(s)?
In short
Pyrrhic victory
Bangladesh backyard poultry hit by bird flu
Andhra farmers to earn more
A treaty to block cheaper drugs
Developed countries to use a geographical advantage to stop generics
‘Compromise’ on TRIPS waiver is a sellout
Tough new conditions emerge in the compromise deal to ease WTO intellectual property barriers to production of COVID-19 medical tools
In the red
Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant's poisonous tubers to …
Dispensing with dear drugs
New US law to clear the decks for generic drugs (Read full article)
In the tax bracket again
The Orissa government has slapped a forest development tax on three minor forest produce items -- tendu leaf, timber and bamboo. Seen as a …
South Asian Union: Dream reality?
A closer-knit South Asian community is not beyond the realms of possibility now. At the 12th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation …