The natural habitat around the Mount Kenya Forest has been destroyed extensively, reveals a recent Kenya wildlife service survey. Human activity is to be blamed for this large-scale destruction.

Forest fragmentation can have detrimental effects on the flora and fauna, leading to a loss of biodiversity

several native species of flora and fauna in Japan are under threat from alien or exotic species. "Their population has been rising by 30 per cent every year. Steps should be taken to immediately

Free exports of herbs could mean the death knell for India s biodiversity

the g b Pant Institute for Himalayan Biodiversity and Development at Kosi-Katarmal, near Almora, Uttaranchal, had recently organised a three-day national workshop to define a action plan for

Compulsory control of alien plants by landowners will be one of the major provisions of the Conservation of Agricultural Resources Act of South Africa. "The act will soon be passed,' says Mary

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants