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Northeast no longer defined by insurgency, isolation: Arunachal CM Pema KhanduArunachal Pradesh is transforming significantly. Once seen as isolated, the state is now a focus of national development. Chief Minister Pe...
Assam: NGT stays order for deployment of forest guards in upcoming pollsAssam elections: The state government had ordered the mobilisation of the forest force personnel to assist the Assam Police for the upcomin...
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...
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...
Bengaluru's Nallur tamarind grove gets a sour twistA 54-acre tamarind grove near B’luru said to date back to the 12th century is one of the few biodiversity heritage sites in the country. Bu...
Tree story gets a sour twist: 54-acre tamarind grove near B’luru, among India's few biodiversity heritage sites, calls for helpTill 2007, when it was declared a biodiversity heritage site, the grove was managed by the village panchayat.
Government to give status of farmers to landless beekeepersThe committee was set up to identify ways of advancing beekeeping in India that can help in improving agricultural productivity, enhancing ...
India among first five nations to submit Sixth National Report: Enironment MinistryThe submission of national reports is a mandatory obligation on parties to international treaties, including the CBD.
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...
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 ...
Oil extractors from MP get notices to share 2% of their turnover for using biological resourcesThe demand of 2% amount of sales turnover of gross revenue will run into crores and will adversely affect survival of our member units in M...
Informatics supported mechanism needed to manage resources: Prakash JavadekarHe said India stood committed to developing "biodiversity informatics" as an essential element of India's economic, environment and social ...
- Biodiversity official quits after tussle environment ministry
Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), Balakrishna Pisupati, resigned from the post reportedly under extreme pressure from ...
National biodiversity garden to come up in MunnarA national biodiversity garden, exhibiting rare flora and fauna of Western Ghats, will soon come up in the hill station of Munnar, a busy t...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...