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Agrobiodiversity: Indigenous foods enter the marketplace

India, Nov. 2 -- Entrepreneurs in India are transforming traditional foods like mahua flowers and camel milk into value-added products, showcasing how biodiversity-rich foods can shift from niche mark... Read More


Yerevan Pathway: COP17 ends with decisions on 50 agenda items

India, Nov. 1 -- The twelve-day-long 17th conference (COP17) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) ended with the uneasiness of unfinished business. Member countries reiterated that the biod... Read More


Yerevan pathway: The big asks from and by indigenous communities

India, Oct. 21 -- Two years ago, at COP16 in Cali, Colombia, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLC) were recognised for their contributions to protecting the environment and after years of de... Read More


30x30 target's race to protect nature slowed by extractive industry

India, Oct. 8 -- The world is not on track to meet the ambitious Target 3, popularly known as the 30x30 target. The target is part of the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) set up ... Read More


Nairobi meetings 2026: CBD's crucial discussions end with heavily bracketed recommendations for COP17

India, Aug. 13 -- The 7th meeting of the Subsidiary Body on Implementation (SBI 7) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) came to an end in Nairobi, Kenya on August 12. 2026. This meeting fol... Read More


In Memoriam: With Balendu Prakash's passing, India has lost a stalwart of traditional medicine

India, Aug. 8 -- Padma Shri Vaidya Balendu Prakash, who died of cardiac arrest on August 7, 2026, at 67, was a pioneering Ayurvedic physician known for evidence-based practice and global reach. From ... Read More