Jhum farming destroys forest cover in northeast India

the Andhra Pradesh Forest Develop

The French system of orgin labelling can be adopted for Indian medicine

Fencing off biodiversity hot spots cannot protect species

Genetic resources or biological materials derived from plants and animals remain the the basis for improvement of agricultural crops and for medicines for 75 per cent of the world's population. The

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

There is more to neem than fighting a patent

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

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

The Shaman tribe of the Amazon rainforest have sought to revoke a patent granted to businessperson from the us on their most sacred plant, a vine called ayauasca , which has medi

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