Tribal people in the hills of Tamil Nadu have better knowledge of millet varieties than taxonomists, a study shows.

A bioprospecting project in Panama is the first to be funded by the Nagoya Protocol Implementation Fund.

The complexity of Colombian laws on biodiversity and genetic resources has led over 90 per cent of scientists to work illegally.

The new model of sustainable development ― the 'green economy' ― could benefit large firms at the expense of the poor, warns a report.

Acting fast with the right antivenom following a bite from a dangerous snake could be easier with a new dipstick test, researchers say.

Ecuador's president has announced regulations governing access to its biodiversity, to protect its resources and knowledge.

India's biodiversity authority may prosecute the developers of GM eggplant after claims they illegally used local samples.

India will help primitive tribes in the remote Andaman and Nicobar islands patent their traditional medicines.

Local communities could help conserve a disappearing oasis, through incentives to sharing benefits from gene patents.

Fungi can help rice plants tolerate drought, salt and cold weather, a study has found.

Intercropping cocoa plantations with other plants may help reduce costs and increase cocoa yields in Ghana, researchers have shown.

The country will use its biodiversity to develop biotechnology research, and hopes to set up a national company for bioprospecting.

New wheat varieties may finally protect against the stem and stripe rust epidemics ravaging crops in the Middle East and parts of Africa.

Indigenous groups say they were sidelined at talks on a traditional knowledge treaty at the World Intellectual Property Organization.

Some of the potentially life-saving plants used in traditional medicine are in need of urgent conservation, according to an African study.

Laos is launching an insect farming research and training project in a bid to provide food security.

A transgenic fungus that inhibits the development of the malaria parasite in mosquitoes could interrupt its transmission to humans.

Researchers say seaweed from Fiji naturally makes antimalarial compounds, promising a new line of drugs.

Algeria, Brazil, Colombia, and Yemen are the first countries to sign an agreement on access and benefit-sharing of genetic resources.

An improved yeast strain has boosted prospects for the production of biofuel from seaweed, but several technical challenges remain.