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KOTA KINABALU (Aug 10): The Bill to amend the Sabah Biodiversity Enactment 2000 and provide for the control of biological resources to stop anyone from keeping, selling, buying, exporting or importing any protected biological resource without a valid license from the Sabah Biodiversity Centre direct

The Global Forest Coalition (GFC) is an international coalition of NGOs and Indigenous Peoples’ Organizations defending social justice and the rights of forest peoples in forest policies.

The Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha on July 25, bringing in a number of changes to the over 20-year old Biological Diversity Act of 2002.

Researchers say a plan is needed to ensure countries aren’t being exploited, if the world is to prevent the next pandemic. Researchers say a plan is needed to ensure countries aren’t being exploited, if the world is to prevent the next pandemic.

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy — 9,000 tons exported a year — they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

High atop a remote plateau in South Africa's Cederberg Mountains, half a dozen indigenous Khoisan men stride briskly along rows of thigh-high shrubs.

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy — 9,000 tons exported a year — they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown trendy — 9,000 tons exported a year — they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.

For generations, the Khoisan people harvested the rooibos plant to make tea. As this caffeine-free drink has grown widely popular around the world, they've been cut out of revenues. Until now.