In India, there has been a cautious move towards handing over control of natural resources to local communities

a biological diversity bill has

India needs to have a hard look at the sources of all its varied traditional knowledge and how to protect them

while urging the European parliament to approve legislation on genetically modified (gm) products, European Union's (eu) environment commissioner Margot Wallstr

Tribals in Kerala are being forced to give away medicinal plants in repayment of their loans. In the process, biodiversity is being depleted

despite the government's claims of the country being a centre of megadiversity with immense traditional knowledge of its use, little has been done to nurture both. Yet another board has been