Big step for biocultural rights

The Nagoya Protocol promotes community stewardship of genetic resources. India needs to foster this

Women in Odisha village take charge to fast track community forest rights

This isn’t the first time women have come together to not only protect forests, but also voice their demand for recognition of the Forest …

Sunita Narain talks about good food

Food is becoming sterile and processed, says Sunita Narain at the launch of the First Food: Culture of Taste, a Down To Earth publication

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Saving rice

Rice is at the heart of a fierce strategy debate as the country prepares to launch the second Green Revolution in the eastern states. …

Organic thread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …

How to increase earning from fisheries

Team from from Tripara's College of Fisheries show the way

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Common concerns

As the commons come under increasing assault, academics, practitioners and policymakers come together to devise ways to protect shared resources

‘Painting with fire’: How northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programmes

From April to June each year, fire managers aim to create small, ‘cool’ fires with care and precision to reduce fuel loads before …

Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

Rural women have resilience to cope with climate risks: study

Women use creative ways to manage food and nutrition security in their households in lean months, shows an ongoing study in Faizabad, Uttar …

A continental crisis, and a few green shoots

African countries are fighting an addiction: import of food items, which happens at the cost of domestic farmers. Despite the unprecedented …

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

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US $50 million to protect biodiversity in India

Manmohan Singh says the challenge is to develop new models of inclusive conservation

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 …

Veggies delight

The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …

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