India’s biodiversity push: 2.76 lakh local panels power benefit-sharing under Nagoya ProtocolIndia has established over 2.76 lakh Biodiversity Management Committees, boosting community involvement in biodiversity governance and bene...
16 Mar, 2026, 05.26 PM IST
Centre ready with new Biodiversity BillET gathers that the environment ministry will bring in a clear definition of "codified traditional knowledge", linking it to the Drugs & Co...
02 Dec, 2022, 11.58 PM IST
NGT extends time for constitution of biodiversity management committees"We also find that in view of COVID situation, it will be necessary to take a liberal view about the delay caused. Accordingly, the time fo...
19 Dec, 2020, 01.34 PM IST
- Biodiversity is the foundation for life: Virbhadra Singh
Biodiversity is the foundation for life and for essential services provided by ecosystems and governments are recognizing the importance of...
09 Feb, 2017, 07.57 PM IST
Ramdev's Uttarakhand firms to pay Rs 12 cr green feeThe Board is going to bring some 3,000 industries using natural resources under access and benefit sharing (ABS) clause of the Act, accordi...
08 Sep, 2016, 11.09 AM IST
NGT notice to Centre on Biological Diversity ActPeoples Biodiversity Register, a document which records diversity of flora and fauna, has not been prepared and maintained by the managemen...
08 Jul, 2016, 04.35 PM IST
Tamil Nadu yet to take stock of its natural resources in forestsKerala might be a smaller state compared to Tamil Nadu, but unlike the latter several thousand villagers in Kerala earn a decent living by ...
06 Jul, 2016, 03.04 PM IST
Prepare action plan for conservation of tree species: Parkash Singh Badal, Punjab CMParkash Singh Badal has asked the State Biodiversity Board and Forests department to jointly prepare an action plan for conservation of all...
30 Sep, 2015, 04.33 PM IST
- KMC sets up panel to conserve biodiversity
The Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC) has finally constituted a biodiversity management board, which was delayed for years owing to the ...
12 Sep, 2015, 11.52 AM IST
Pench villagers build waterhole for wildlifeIn a unique gesture to celebrate International Biodiversity Day, nine villagers from Turia adjoining Pench Tiger Reserve, constructed a wat...
25 May, 2015, 04.52 PM IST
- Six-member panel set up for cranes conservation
After a task force to monitor the critically endangered Great Indian Bustards (GIBs), the state government has now set up an six-member exp...
25 Apr, 2014, 06.25 AM IST
- Delay in biodiversity board formation irks green brigade
Environmentalists are irked with the delay in constitution of a biodiversity management board by the Kolhapur Municipal Corporation (KMC).
15 Apr, 2014, 03.37 AM IST
Tamil Nadu lagging behind in management of biodiversity: NBATamil Nadu, home to several rare flora and fauna, is lagging behind many other states in implementing the National Biological Diversity Act...
23 Dec, 2013, 04.02 AM IST
- Coal bio-reserve or mineral? Panchayat shoots letter to National Biodiversity Board
A village panchayat in Chhindwara district has challenged Union environment ministry over its letter to National Biodiversity Board (NBA) w...
29 Nov, 2013, 05.27 AM IST
Environment ministry streamlines clearance process for hydro projectsThe environment ministry has streamlined the clearance process for hydro power projects to avoid duplication and reduce the time required.
16 Aug, 2013, 04.01 AM IST
- 100 biodiversity committees in Maharashtra by year-end
Even as the newly constituted Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) is struggling to get funds, it plans to constitute 100 biodiversi...
05 Oct, 2012, 04.28 AM IST
- Govt plans legal steps to protect biodiversity
The government will soon have a legal framework to regulate or monitor the commercial use of India's biodiversity by both local and foreign...
03 Dec, 2002, 12.46 AM IST