India, May 22 -- With its rich biodiversity, deep-rooted farming traditions, and a population that still lives close to the land, rural India holds the key to reversing India's biodiversity crisis and achieving true sustainable development. As the world observes International Day for Biological Diversity (IDB), the spotlight turns toward the communities that have long lived in harmony with nature and the urgent need to empower them as agents of ecological change.
As we near the 2030 deadline for the Sustainable Development Goals and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), it becomes increasingly clear that rural India is not only central to India's biodiversity agenda - it could well be the catalyst that tips the scales...