Passionate arguments were heard on Wednesday for and against genetically modified (GM) technology in an event that was held on the sidelines of the CoP. Scientists from Europe and Africa presented the

Glyphosate, a chemical that kills weeds, has emerged as a major villain at the ongoing CoP-11. Rights groups and independent research organisations have come up with publications that highlight the un

Environment experts feel that the rich biodiversity of rice is fast depleting, with only a handful of commercially viable varieties being cultivated the world over. In the last 100 years, as many as 1

India’s task to guide the CBD in formulation of scientifically-designed risk assessment of living modified organisms, is of utmost importance because there is no consensus on living modified organisms

Genetic engineering has been hailed as a panacea for the problem of global hunger and population explosion, but research studies reveal that it has failed to deliver the goods. At the same time, it ha

India formally took over the reins of conserving the world’s biological diversity on Monday, with a call to nations to speed up the process of ratifying the Cartagena Protocol on bio-safety and sustai

Even as the supporters of T-march thronged the heart of the city, the CoP-11 venue at Madhapur and other parts of the city remained peaceful, though the arriving delegates expressed concern about saf

Human greed has caused a major damage to the delicate biological diversity over the centuries. The estimated cost of rectifying this damage, at least to some extent, comes to a whopping Rs 23,65,000 c

The inaugural session of Meeting of Parties (MoP) to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety will be held at the Hyderabad International Convention Centre here on Monday. There will be deliberations on th

A host of exhibitions on biodiversity, being conducted at Hitex as sidebar events along with Conference of Parties (CoP-11) on the Convention of Bio-diversity, will be open to the public. Several orga