Both India and China are ancient civilisations possessing characteristic indigenous knowledge of conservation of natural ecosystems. The Chinese have recognised the potential of traditional knowledge and regard religious forests as an asset and an importa

Excerpts from Troubled Islands! by Pankaj Sekhsaria

The Biological Diversity Act has lost sight of what it originally set out to do

Will those playing in MEF s new game be coopted?

The sheer scope of the biodiversity action plan may militate against its successful implementation

Fungus help plants in adversity

What exactly is lost when a language dies? Do we also lose a biotic world-view, the local knowledge and wisdom of which a language is a repository? Is it a coincidence that areas of linguistic and ethnic

Some languages are murdered

Repositories of knowledge

Why transfer rice germplasm to Syngenta?

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