Heard of plant clinics before? Plant clinics have evolved as a new approach to solving crop-related problems at the field-level. Plant clinics diagnose pests and diseases in any crop and provide appropriate advice to farming communities. It started as community-driven model, conducted in a common location and accessible to all farmers in the village.

This blog gives a bird’s eye view on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their linkages to Biodiversity. It also examines the Indian experience in Biodiversity conservation and management in accordance with the SDGs, taking Forest management as a special case referring to SDGs 12, 15 & 2.

The first part of the blog has discussed the SDGs in general and in relation to the International Biodiversity Governance regime. The second part focusses on the Indian experience in achieving the SDGs in relation to the set Biodiversity Targets.

Land degradation is driven by both natural and manmade processes involving numerous complex factors. One-third of the land in India is under the threat of degradation This degraded land covers

The global decline of insect pollinators is part of a larger global catastrophic decline of insects and arthropods in general. Though there are many reasons,