In a step towards smart farming, the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) on Thursday said drone-based spraying in sugarcanes achieved 80.2 per cent weed control efficiency, saved 89 per cent water and reduced operational cost by 81.6 per cent.

This achievement represents a shift from viewing conservation as purely regulatory to seeing it as a path to sustainable economic development. Under the stewardship of former Divisional Forest Officer Pradeep Mishra and current Divisional Forest Officer Lal Sudhakar Singh, the circle transformed the Biological Diversity Act into a practical tool that empowers rural communities.

Indore Forest Circle has ranked first in Madhya Pradesh’s State Level Annual Biodiversity Awards 2024–25, the MP State Biodiversity Board confirmed. The circle was recognised for its Access and Benefit Sharing work, under which royalties from industries using local flora and fauna are channelled to village Biodiversity Management Committees for community development.

India is among the countries in the world that boast some of the highest levels of biodiversity. India's varied topography includes mountainous regions like the Himalayas, rainforests, deserts, mangrove forests, and tropical islands. This wide range of natural environments has made it possible for unique species to evolve over thousands, or even millions, of years in the country.There are many unique animal species in India that cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. They have stayed in forests, mountain regions, and islands that are far away from civilization. From a purple frog that spends most of its life underground to a deer that survives on floating wetlands, India’s endemic wildlife is as unusual as it is fascinating.

Indore Forest Circle secured first place in Madhya Pradesh at the State Level Annual Biodiversity Awards 2024–25 for its work in biodiversity conservation and Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS). Officials said the “Indore Model” helped local communities benefit financially from forest resources. The award will be presented on May 22 at Indian Institute of Forest Management in Bhopal.

Villagers in Qazigund, Kashmir, are reviving the Panzath festival. This ancient tradition involves cleaning the Panzath Nag stream and ritual fishing. The event draws crowds and has gained national attention. It highlights community efforts in preserving water bodies. The festival is a blend of cultural celebration and environmental service. It supports local farming and traditions.

Ten weeks of presentations cover forest ecology, global pollution, biodiversity genomics, and other environmental topics at the University of Michigan facility.

Dragonflies and damselflies are extraordinary aerial predators that have existed for over 250 million years, equipped with near-360-degree vision, powerful flight abilities, and remarkable hunting skills both in air and underwater as nymphs. India is home to around 500 species, many of them found in biodiversity hotspots like the Western Ghats. However, a recent survey across five states revealed a worrying 35 per cent decline in dragonfly species, especially endemic ones, largely due to pollution, habitat destruction, climate change, quarrying, hydroelectric projects, and irresponsible tourism. Since these insects rely on clean freshwater ecosystems to breed and survive, their disappearance signals severe environmental degradation. Revered in some cultures and admired for their beauty and agility, dragonflies are now becoming indicators of the growing ecological crisis affecting India’s fragile natural habitats.

"Manger comme on sème", l’évènement de la Métropole de Montpellier dédié à l’agroécologie et à l’alimentation durable fait son retour pour une nouvelle édition printemps/été.

Across the country, pastoralist communities are sustaining wild bee habitats through mobility, biodiversity conservation and traditional ecological knowledge.

Author summary Why do many ecosystems show the highest biodiversity not where energy is most abundant, but at intermediate levels? This unimodal species–energy relationship has been documented across grasslands, wetlands, and rainforests, yet its origin from first principles has remained unclear. We approached this question by developing a simplified model that treats ecological networks as energy-processing systems. In this model, each species captures energy from the environment and exchanges it with others, and the total energy available to the network is explicitly limited. By measuring how the likelihood of species coexistence changes with energy supply within this framework, we found that while a minimum energy threshold is needed for any community to persist, too much energy can paradoxically reduce the chance of long-term coexistence. This creates a bounded energy window most favorable for community persistence. When we extended the analysis to all possible subsets of species, we found that different-sized communities are most likely to persist at different energy levels, and that overall expected diversity peaks at intermediate supply. These results suggest a possible geometric origin for why more energy does not always support more species, providing a theoretical baseline for connecting the structure of energy flow within networks to observed biodiversity patterns.

For biodiversity, it’s not just about switching off street lighting, it’s about knowing when and where to turn the lights off.

The lawsuit challenges Alabama Power’s plans to leave more than 21 million tons of coal ash in an unlined pond at the head of the Mobile-Tensaw Delta, an area sometimes called “America’s Amazon” for its rich biodiversity.

A string of activities to promote environmental awareness are presented during "Nextopia Biodiversity Week 2026: Wild Wonders & Local Harvest", which is running at Nextopia, 5th floor of Siam Paragon, Rama I Road, until Sunday.

Bhubaneswar, May 19 (PTI) The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has decided to launch Odisha’s first-ever ‘Bee Corridor’ project with the beginning of the monsoon season in June, an official statement said. Under this initiative, nearly 20,000 flowering plants will be planted along highways passing through Sambalpur, Ganjam and Dhenkanal districts, it said. The […]

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A new article in the journal BioScience argues that the stewardship practices of Indigenous Peoples and other place-based knowledge holders have been systematically underrepresented in both conservation research and international policy along with the knowledge holders and practitioners themselves—and that correcting this imbalance is essential to more effective and equitable biodiversity governance.

Intensive agriculture poses a significant threat to global biodiversity. However, one aspect of biodiversity in farmland is little studied: algae. Most people have seen algae growing in streams, lakes or the sea. However, algae have also adapted to survive in drier, harsher conditions on land. In fact, soil algae are thought to be responsible for about 6% of the vegetation production on Earth.

A horned lark has been sighted at the Rakchham Chitkul Wildlife Sanctuary in Kinnaur, marking the first formal documented record of the species from the region. The rare observation, backed by clear photographic evidence, was made by Lt Col (Dr) A. Karthik and Dr MVLS Praveena during a biodiversity exploration led by Santosh Thakur, Block Forest Officer, Rakchham.

"Our study shows that biodiversity is not a luxury—it is fundamental to our health, nutrition, and livelihoods."