Draft guidelines for liberalizing felling and transit regime for tree species...
Draft guidelines for liberalizing felling and transit regime for tree species grown on non-forest private land.
View ArticleGovernments fulfil their commitment: Access and benefit-sharing treaty...
The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization will enter into force on 12 October 2014 following its ratification by
View ArticleIndia Environment Portal Newsletter 13 - 19 July 2014
The weekly digest of important reports, research, policy documents, regulations, studies, court cases, protests, conflicts, initiatives, photos, data, statistics, infographics, presentations on the India
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding finalising the Access and...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Som Distilleries Pvt. Ltd. Vs. M.P. State Bio Diversity Board & Others dated 01/08/2014 regarding finalising the...
View ArticlePolicy options for the world’s primary forests in multilateral environmental...
We identify policies that would provide a solid foundation in key international negotiations to ensure that primary forests persist into the 21st Century. A novel compilation of primary forest cover and
View ArticleResearch insights on climate and water in the Hindu Kush Himalayas
Managing water resources is one of the major challenges of our century. Nowhere could this be more so than for the waters emanating from the Hindu Kush Himalayas, which is already characterized by a...
View ArticleApplying evolutionary biology to address global challenges
Two categories of evolutionary challenges result from escalating human impacts on the planet. The first arises from cancers, pathogens and pests that evolve too quickly, and the second from the inability
View ArticleAngola, Namibia Sign Accord Over Cuvelai Waters: Jornal
Angola and southern neighbor Namibia signed an accord to manage the Cuvelai river basin whose waters are shared by the two southwest African countries, according to state-controlled Jornal de Angola.
View ArticleDhaka, Delhi for interim deal to share Teesta, Feni rivers’ water
Bangladesh and India on Saturday reiterated their commitment to finalisation of an interim agreement for sharing the waters of the Teesta and Feni rivers, reports UNB. Foreign Minister AH Mahmood Ali
View ArticleThe Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol: intellectual...
This publication has been developed as a handbook aimed at better understanding the intellectual property implications of the 1992 Convention on Biological Diversity and the 2010 Nagoya Protocol on Access
View ArticleEnabling farmers to face climate change
This booklet provides an overview of the characteristics and main activities of the projects that are being implemented as part of the second project portfolio of the Benefit-sharing Fund (BSF) of the
View ArticleProviding intellectual property protection to farmers’ varieties in India...
India is the first country to provide substantial rights to farmers and registration of their varieties for IPR under the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV&FR) Act. Obviously,...
View ArticleDefining solutions, Finding problems: Deforestation, gender, and REDD+ in...
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD+) is a policy instrument meant to mitigate climate change while also achieving poverty reduction in tropical countries. It has garnered critics
View ArticleConservation policy making in Nepal: Problematising the politics of civic...
Protected area governance has witnessed a shift from a strict-nature conservation model towards a seemingly more participatory approach in Nepal. Despite some progress, top-down and non-deliberative
View ArticleLand over water
Teesta water-sharing agreement unlikely to be taken up during Modi's Bangladesh visit. Sushma Swaraj walks slowly these days because of a leg brace, but it has not slackened her pace in setting the...
View ArticleBiodiversity and climate change: integrating REDD+ into BioTrade strategies
The II BioTrade Congress entitled “Biodiversity and Climate Change: Integrating REDD+ into BioTrade Strategies” focused on how best to integrate climate change mitigation measures into BioTrade...
View ArticleMaasai people and elephants: values and perceptions
Effective wildlife conservation requires understanding and integration of cultural values and practices among communities within wildlife range areas. In Africa, elephants still roam outside protected
View ArticleProfiling unauthorized natural resource users for better targeting of...
Unauthorized use of natural resources is a key threat to many protected areas. Approaches to reducing this threat include law enforcement and integrated conservation and development (ICD) projects,
View ArticleWhy the new UN resolution to fight illegal wildlife trade is historic
Just weeks before countries meet to finalise the Sustainable Development Goals, the UN has adopted a resolution that calls upon countries to collectively fight against wildlife crime and put an end to
View ArticleOrder of the National Green Tribunal regarding guidelines framed for the...
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Biodiversity Management Committee, Keoti, Dist Rewa v. Union of India & Others dated 22/09/2015 regarding guidelines
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