
Mongabay series: Conserving Agro-biodiversity
The Conserving Agrobiodiversity series looks at a gamut of stories from the fields of India -- from technological advances to traditional knowledge, from saving seeds to modifying them -- all focussed towards protecting the diversity of crops and food we eat and efforts to ensure food security for generations to come. In the quest to feed a burgeoning population, India's agriculture is scrambling for ways to keep up production in the face of climate change and livelihood challenges. Whether it is going back to basic natural farming methods, unlocking genetic diversity of primary crops or bringing traditional grains back into vogue, institutions and individuals across the country and working on new and old ways of conserving agrobiodiversity.


[Commentary] A renewed CGIAR can better support South Asia to determine its food future

Equitable benefit sharing of digitised genetic information to span across discussions at COP15

Making sense of rainfall changes in Karnataka’s coffee estates through old records

Adivasi honey harvesters demand forest control and criticise ‘unfriendly’ conservation measures

[Commentary] Is agroecological farming a solution for rainfed degraded land?

Farmers fear low fruit production as Kashmir records decline in precipitation

Scientists sequence chickpea genome which could inform crop improvement efforts

[Video Explainer] What is the significance of the Biological Diversity Amendment Bill and why did it face opposition?

Tackling agrobiodiversity loss in Odisha’s Similipal protected area

An indigenous community in Meghalaya offers lessons in climate resilience

Sweet pineapples and a variety of trees nurture each other in this patchwork plantation

How climate change is taking a toll on livelihoods of small-scale fishers in Kerala

Plant Man Miguel Braganza on how Konkan Fruit Fest preserves food biodiversity

Building up carbon sinks in northeast India’s shifting cultivation landscape

Coloured cotton from India on the cusp of commercial release in 2021

Revival and absence of Bengaluru’s traditional crop varieties

India’s millets policy: is it headed in the right direction?

Salt-tolerant rice, innovations help farmers deal with salinity in the Sundarbans

Why do indigenous communities persist with practising shifting cultivation?
Special series
Wetland Champions
- [Commentary] India establishes the largest network of Ramsar Sites in South Asia
- [Commentary] Wetland champions: Promise from the grassroots
- The story of Jakkur lake sets an example for inclusive rejuvenation projects
- Welcome to Tsomgo lake: Please don’t litter

Environment And Health
- Stubble burning is back, smothering north India with concerns for the upcoming winter
- Humans are contaminating Earth’s waterways with medicines, pharmaceutical ingredients
- Inhaling particulate matter is increasing the prevalence of anaemia among women of reproductive age
- Health effects of heat stress will intensify disproportionately without ambitious efforts

Almost Famous Species
- India garners international support to save two endangered freshwater turtles
- What protecting the slender loris could mean for forest communities in Tamil Nadu
- [Video] Hangul, the shy Kashmiri deer, is facing the threat of extinction as its habitat shrinks
- Identifying individual mugger crocodiles using drone technology to minimise conflicts

India's Iconic Landscapes
- Nourishing soils of Kashmir’s karewas crumble under infrastructure
- Shielding hijol, a floodplain tree, from climate impacts
- [Explainer] Mass flowering and why some plants bloom and die together
- Uttar Pradesh reports an increase in rhino population since reintroduction over three decades ago

Beyond Protected Areas
- [Commentary] A story of two mothers from a human-elephant conflict zone in Assam
- Assam loco pilots on the need for effective communication to prevent elephant-rail collision
- [Podcast] Imprints: Digging up bones with Advait Jukar
- Helping wildlife navigate road and railway infrastructure

Conserving Agro-biodiversity
- Nations adopt Global Biodiversity Framework amid concerns over watered-down targets
- [Commentary] A renewed CGIAR can better support South Asia to determine its food future
- Equitable benefit sharing of digitised genetic information to span across discussions at COP15
- Making sense of rainfall changes in Karnataka’s coffee estates through old records

Just Transitions
- Helping wildlife navigate road and railway infrastructure
- Energy transition offers a ray of hope to farmers struggling in chilly winter
- With a new policy, Odisha aims at 10 GW of renewable energy by 2030
- [Commentary] The missing caste from commons: A reflection from a Telangana village
