Work Overview

Biodiversity and Food unit takes forward CSE’s rich body of work on biodiversity. The team works on biodiversity policy and key issues of biodiversity conservation. We follow both national and international developments on the subject.

CSE has followed developments on the Convention on Biological Diversity since it was put in place in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio. The Convention supports conservation of biodiversity, its sustainable use and ensuring that benefits from the use of biodiversity are shared with the communities that have protected it for generations.

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Biodiversity & Food

Dialogue Dhamaka
Blogs
Shrimp, salt & rice can help save mangroves, if they choose to
By: Shimali Chauhan
Access and Benefit Sharing: New rules for use of biodiversity put in place by Centre
By: Vibha Varshney
Why science needs indigenous data collectors
By: Vibha Varshney
A landmark people’s plan, will Arunachal’s biodiversity strategy set a national example?
By: Shimali Chauhan
Food security must prioritise Indigenous knowledge over corporate control
By: Shimali Chauhan
Seagrass conservation key to global biodiversity and climate targets, studies show
By: Shimali Chauhan
India adds wetlands to the global list. But are they really protected?
By: Shimali Chauhan
The good food component of the new Budget
By: Vibha Varshney
Budget 2025-26: Government’s High-Yielding Seeds Mission raises concerns over crop diversity
By: Shimali Chauhan
Ocean Coordination Mechanism: Latest initiative to conserve Caribbean and North Brazil shelf
By: Shimali Chauhan
GEF under pressure to reform as negotiations for 9th replenishment of funds set to begin
By: Vibha Varshney
DTE Coverage: How CBD COP16 unfolded
By: Vibha Varshney, Shimali Chauhan, Rajat Ghai
Lack of clarity on sharing of benefits arising from use of pathogens could impact pandemic treaty
By: Vibha Varshney
Food Articles
Out of wilderness
By: Vibha Varshney
Sunny side up
By: Vibha Varshney
Leafy goodness
By: Vibha Varshney
A sprig to care for
By: Vibha Varshney
Culinary masterpiece
By: Vibha Varshney
News
Amid gunfire and artillery shelling, the last remaining Great Indian Bustard shifted away from the border
By: DTE Staff
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Webinars
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Multimedia

video What's at the centre of upcoming COP16 on Biological Diversity in Colombia?

The 16th Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity begins in Colombia next week. Parties are meeting for the first time since the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework was adopted in December 2022 in Montreal, Canada.

video Rethinking Conservation: Will the world be able to achieve the 30x30 Target?

The 16 th UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will kick off in October.

video Future of Taste

In an increasingly climate-risked world, what should be our food like? The fourth book in our First Food series brings you some answers.