New Delhi, June 9 -- The women of Chizami village in Nagaland's Phek district are guardians of 156 traditional seed varieties - from rice, millets and maize to beans, vegetables, herbs and tubers. Th... Read More
New Delhi, June 6 -- In Odisha's Nayagarh district, the Raisar Community Indigenous Seed Bank has been preserving old and valuable seeds. Among the paddy and millet varieties carefully stored in clay ... Read More
New Delhi, June 4 -- As climate change gets worse and cities grow fast, we are losing more and more natural spaces. Birds, bees, butterflies, and plants are disappearing quietly but quickly. Cities th... Read More
New Delhi, June 2 -- In the dry parts of Andhra Pradesh, where farming is often hard due to poor rainfall and low soil fertility, local communities are finding strength in old traditions. Community se... Read More
New Delhi, May 19 -- Money meant to protect forests, oceans and wildlife is not reaching the people who live closest to nature, a new study has found. The International Institute for Environment and ... Read More
New Delhi, May 5 -- Mangroves may not look like much at first glance. Their tangled roots grow in muddy water. Their small leaves don't stand out. They grow quietly where the land meets the sea. But m... Read More
New Delhi, April 15 -- A recent global study has noted that nearly a quarter of the Earth's land has undergone adverse transformation due to by human activities since 1990. This poses a growing threat... Read More
New Delhi, April 7 -- Researchers from Switzerland and United States have developed a risk index for mangroves as well as associated biodiversity and ecosystem services in various scenarios. It is th... Read More
New Delhi, March 27 -- Several countries across the world have reported a lack of enough high-quality seeds to meet their reforestation targets, according to The Second Report on the State of the Worl... Read More
New Delhi, March 20 -- Despite commitments from 140 governments, forest destruction continues at an alarming rate. In 2023 alone, 6.37 million hectares of forests were lost, an area the size of nine m... Read More