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Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said that the Biological Diversity Act will be implemented to lay greater emphasis on the local community interest an

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav said on Thursday that tribal and other local communities that are cultivating or engaging in other activities for their livelihood should be exempted from the Biological Diversity Act to find a balance ...

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said that the Biological Diversity Act will be implemented to lay greater emphasis on the local community interest an

Union Minister Bhupender Yadav on Thursday said that the Biological Diversity Act will be implemented to lay greater emphasis on the local community interest an

Two-day South Asian Consultation on Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework begins in New Delhi

Between rising deforestation in the Amazon, new financial and political commitments to reduce deforestation, and growing interest in “nature-based solutions” like conservation and reforestation, 2021 may prove to be a fateful year for the world’s tropical rainforests. Take a look at The year in rainforests 2021, published last week, if you’d like to catch up […]

The year 2021 was one of swinging national sentiment in India. The year started with a misplaced optimism that India had overcome the COVID-19 pandemic, even while many other countries were suffering the impact of the second wave. This turned to despair by the middle of the year, when the second wave of the pandemic […]

To date, 2021 has proved to be one of the most consequential years for Indigenous rights and participation in global climate and conservation efforts. As biodiversity loss mounted and urgency was added to mitigating climate change, Indigenous environmental stewardship was put centre-stage, conservation efforts continued to displace communities, and extractive industries resumed operations on ancestral […]

Will governments finally take action to halt the devastating biodiversity crisis at the COP15 meeting in Kunming, China, in April?

Important progress has been made, but now is the time to place women’s rights at the heart of transnational environmental law