Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
This report highlights a number of successes, while also assessing the human impact of lack of adequate progress on many of the millennium development goals. Shows that the goals are achievable when nationally owned development strategies and policies are supported by international development partners. The economic crisis took a heavy …
"Offsetting" habitat destruction has widespread appeal as an instrument for balancing economic growth with biodiversity conservation. Requiring proponents to pay the nontrivial costs of habitat loss encourages sensitive planning approaches. Offsetting, biobanking, and biodiverse carbon sequestration schemes will play an important role in conserving biodiversity under increasing human pressures. However, …
Restoring lost and damaged ecosystems-from forests and freshwaters to mangroves and wetlands-can trigger multi-million dollar returns, generate jobs and combat poverty according to this new UNEP. It draws on thousands of ecosystem restoration projects world-wide and showcases over 30 initiatives that are transforming the lives of communities and countries across …
Conservation strategies for migratory animals are typically based on ad-hoc or simple ranking methods and focus on a single period of the annual cycle. We use a density-dependent population model to examine one-time land purchase strategies for a migratory population with a breeding and wintering grounds. Under equal rates of …
In human-dominated regions, protected areas are complemented by other conservation strategies (e.g., restrictive zoning, incentive payments) to maintain biodiversity and other ecosystem services. These strategies are often not mutually exclusive, with many areas covered by multiple (tiered) management strategies. However, it is not known whether tiering increases (or decreases) representation …
This publication presents the results of this process: i.e., an analytical and strategic framework for value chain development in the HKH mountain areas. The first part looks at the need to adapt the generic value chain framework to the mountain context, and examines the mountain specificities (unique/niche production, limited accessibility, …
The cult of worshipping plants as a blessing from God on earth has its roots deep in the history of human civilization. Plants were considered as a solemn symbol that protected and defended man in various ways. Over the centuries, the world's first recorded conservation measures were enacted in India …
Local knowledge of crop diversity linked to food traditions, local practices and social norms is documented acquired through interaction with farmers and focus group discussion. Cooking quality of different rice varieties was assessed to see the effects of the environment factors. Different food dishes were assessed by trained cook, urban …
It is very evident that there is lack of well accepted and verified mechanisms as well as institutional set up for the realization of farmers' rights, including the effective implementation of International Regime on Access to and Benefit Sharing (IRABS). Community Biodiversity Management (CBM) embed good practices, proven to be …
Microfinance can be profitable and viable if used as a capital to promote micro enterprise. Samudram fishermen federation in Orissa used micro finance as an investment tool to achieve biodiversity conservation, income generation and women’s empowerment. http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/india/2-finance-for-farming/microfinance-for-livelihood-improvement/at_download/article_pdf
The United Nations declared 2010 to be the International Year of Biodiversity. It is a celebration of life on earth and of the value biodiversity for our lives. The 2010 theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity is biodiversity, development and poverty alleviation.
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala State Bio-Diversity Board chairman Dr V S Vijayan has said that the Board has always been working for the sustainable development of the State. Addressing a news conference before stepping down as chairman of the Kerala State Bio-Diversity Board since he turned 65 on Saturday, Vijayan said that …
As dusk falls on the dark moon day in the Malayalam month of Karkidakam—between end-July and early August—devotees make their way to the bank of Kodayar river. At Kuzhithurai, in Kanyakumari district on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, it’s time to honour ancestors. The day begins with families squatting before priests …
Chennai: The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has issued guidelines for preparing people's biodiversity register and identifying and declaring biodiversity heritage sites, said its chairman P.L. Gautam on Thursday. Along the sidelines of a vacation training programme in bio-resources and biotechnology for schoolchildren at the M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation, Mr. Gautam …
Arunachal Pradesh, being the largest state in eastern Himalayan region, has unique biodiversity and diverse cultural resources. The state is the homeland of five ecosystems and 26 major tribes. The livelihood security of tribal communities is determined by terrestrial and aquatic indigenous bioresources. Economy of tribals living in far-flung areas …
As global efforts to protect ecosystems expand, the socioeconomic impact of protected areas on neighboring human communities continues to be a source of intense debate. The debate persists because previous studies do not directly measure socioeconomic outcomes and do not use appropriate comparison groups to account for potential confounders. We …
DIMAPUR, May 23: Governor of Nagaland Nikhil Kumar has called upon the Nagaland Forest Department to draw up a concerted plan for maintaining ecology and preserving the bio-diversity of the State. The Governor observed that the rich biodiversity and the unique ecology are put under real threat to the diminution …
KOCHI: The Local communities should be actively involved in biodiversity conservation programmes. Stakeholders need to be sensitised and collaboration need to be built to pass on the legacy to the posterity. This was the idea that emerged at the one-day seminar organised by the Kerala Forests and Wildlife Department and …
Biodiversity cannot be transformed or changed by the way of giving lectures or by organizing seminars; but in turn biodiversity has to be nurtured by 'nature'. It is when the last drop of water is poisoned; when the last tree is cut; when the last fish is caught and the …
