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- Involve farmers in global seed wealth, say NGOs
- The newly-opened Global Seed Vault (GSV) at Svalbard in Norway is being criticised by Indian and other NGOs for excluding farmers from its institutional ...
- Love for bushmeat: India's rare species at risk
- Despite the ban on hunting since 1991, rampant corruption and poor law enforcement have made it possible for poachers and forest dwellers to feast on some of ...
- Myanmar biodiversity threatened due to prolonged conflict
- The protracted conflict between the Karens and military has not only caused immense miseries to the people with massive displacements but also has taken a ...
- Coping with climate change in mountains
- Predicting the impact of climate change in mountainous regions is a difficult task due to limited data says Prof Martin Price from University of the Highlands ...
- Fishermen for scrapping new coastal management rules
- Fishermen in India say that proposed regulations in the new Coastal Management Zone Notification will harm marine resources and undermine livelihoods of ...
- Illegal trade puts India's wildlife at risk
- Not just India's national animal, the tiger, but a variety of endangered species is being poached for manufacturing traditional Chinese medicine. Poor ...
- India consuming double its natural resources
- India's natural resources is fast exhausting under the strain of its growing population, says a latest report released by the Confederation of Indian Industry ...
- India: Highlighting climate change impact on grassroots
- At a recent public hearing held in Jaipur, people from all over India came together to share their experiences and speak of how their lives and livelihoods, ...
- Conflict threatens wildlife in Kashmir
- Insurgency and armed operations have put Kashmir's wildlife at risk. Deployment of troops in forest camps have led to destruction of natural habitats, making ...
- Alien species threaten livelihoods in poor countries
- Increased movement of alien species induced by climate change is destroying natural systems in developing countries. Biodiversity experts warn that local ...
- Women in India for climate justice
- A Women’s tribunal on climate justice in the Indian capital aims to bring in gender equity in the climate debate. OneWorld South Asia met some of the ...
- Tough catch for Chilika's fishermen
- Illegal shrimp trade in Chilika Lake and exploitation at the hands of corrupt officials had driven the fishing community in eastern India to starvation. To ...
- Protecting biodiversity
- Conservation of biodiversity is crucial to human sustenance. TERI's latest publication A comprehensive handbook on biodiversity is a useful guide ...
- Surviving climate
- State of the World 2009: Into a Warming World published by Worldwatch Institute examines the unique scale and vast time horizon of the climate ...
- No future for tourism without sustainability: Expert
- An international symposium on tourism revealed that the challenges faced by the tourism industry due to climate change could only be addressed by the adoption ...
- World's richest coral reef zone fast vanishing
- ‘Coral Triangle’ in southeast Asia is fast depleting and if urgent action is not taken there is a danger that nothing of it will be left by the end of this ...
- Involving locals in bio-conservation
- Conservation in Protected Areas: Do Local People Benefit? is a policy brief published by National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) ...
- Ecosystem-based approaches to climate change
- Convenient solutions to an Inconvenient truth, World Bank’s latest document stresses on the inclusion of ecosystem-based approaches to national ...
- UNEP launches online tool to conserve marine ecosystem
- UNEP has launched a new online system to view and study the world’s marine protected areas. By providing accurate information on marine species and habitats, ...
- Indian sites added to UN list of biosphere reserves
- UNESCO has added three Indian wildlife reserves to the list of World Network of Biosphere Reserves. With the latest addition of 22 special spots identified ...
- Flying frog discovered in the Himalayas
- A newly released WWF report provides details of discoveries made by scientists from various organisations between 1998 and 2008 in the eastern Himalayan ...
- Endangered Bangladesh dolphins make a comeback
- The discovery of the Irrawaddy dolphins in Bangladesh that were once considered dead has raised concerns over the huge gaps in local research. Conservationists ...
- Keepers of nature
- Two young women from the Agatti Island in Lakshadweep received the 2008 Earth Heroes 'Young Naturalist' award for conserving the vulnerable giant clam. Through ...
