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TWN Info Service on Biodiversity and Traditional Knowledge (2025)
- UNEA-7 reaffirms Rio principles, advances global environmental action
by Radhika Chatterjee (19 Dec 25)
- The role of multinational corporations in environmental conflicts in the South
(10 Dec 25)
- CBD: Longstanding disagreements persist in discussions on biodiversity and climate change
by Mirna Ines Fernández Pradel (10 Dec 25)
- Seed Treaty: South Rejects Unfair Amendments to Treaty, SMTA
by Nithin Ramakrishnan & Mirna Inés Fernandez Pradel (05 Dec 25)
- Developing countries call for standard PABS contracts under Pandemic Agreement
by Sangeeta Shashikant & Rajnia de Vito (03 Dec 25)
- Seed Treaty: Swiss Chair pushes to adopt cleaned SMTA, no discussion on bracketed proposed amendments
by TWN (29 Nov 25)
- Seed Treaty: Developed countries don't want developing countries to know who uses their seeds
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (28 Nov 25)
- FAO: UN Rapporteur on the right to food calls for Seed Treaty to address DSI-induced biopiracy
by TWN (25 Nov 25)
- New Briefing Paper: Seed Treaty's MLS enhancement package risks legitimizing biopiracy and inequity
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (24 Nov 25)
- Discussions on risk assessment of living modified organisms stuck in a loop
by Lim Li Ching (21 Nov 25)
- CBD: Parties bicker over IPBES' transformative change and nexus assessments
by Lim Li Ching (21 Nov 25)
- CBD: Scientific advisory body passes on tough decisions to COP 17
by Lim Li Lin (20 Nov 25)
- WHO: Divergences persist in talks on pathogen access & benefit-sharing system
by Sangeeta Shashikant & Nithin Ramakrishnan (18 Nov 25)
- Land Gap Report 2025 - Land-Based Carbon Removal Prioritised Over Protecting Forests
(14 Nov 25)
- PABS talks begin, "equal footing" & legal certainty to deliver equity stressed
by TWN (10 Nov 25)
- FAO: Draft Communique calls for adoption of unfair amendments to Seed Treaty
by TWN (24 Oct 25)
- WHO: Resource Persons Stress Need for Accountability in Pathogen Access & Benefit Sharing System (PABS)
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (22 Oct 25)
- Biodiversity offsets and credits: Hard questions, real impacts
(21 Oct 25)
- TWN Briefing Note for SBSTTA-27 - Risk assessment of LMOs
(14 Oct 25)
- CSOs Call for a Pause in Genetically Engineered Wildlife Release
(10 Oct 25)
- Transformative change to stop the biodiversity crisis
(08 Oct 25)
- The right to a healthy environment and the new legally binding instrument on transnational corporations
(02 Oct 25)
- Strong call to implement farmers’ rights, resist UPOV 1991 and corporate capture
by Karina Yong (22 Sep 25)
- CSOs and farmers calls for full implementation of Farmers’ Rights
(22 Sep 25)
- Developed countries urged to lead funding of UNEP
by Radhika Chatterjee (18 Sep 25)
- A progressive framework for green industrial policy
(25 Aug 25)
- Fundamental flaws in biodiversity offsetting schemes
(15 Aug 25)
- The LISTEN principles for genetic sequence data governance and database engineering
(13 Aug 25)
- Reasons to be sceptical of the growth in private biodiversity finance
(07 Aug 25)
- Plant Treaty: Developed countries seek to retain control over sequence information, avoid benefit sharing
by TWN (06 Aug 25)
- Climate and biodiversity polycrisis accelerated by policy failures
(05 Aug 25)
- Plant Treaty: Scope expansion riddled with differences not reflected in working group's report
by TWN (29 Jul 25)
- Plant Treaty: South should beware of short selling seed collections to save "Gene Bank Relevance"
by TWN (10 Jul 25)
- Plant Treaty: South wants DSI in SMTA, Asia not ready for scope expansion
by TWN (09 Jul 25)
- WTO: Several countries question the EU over its deforestation regulation
by D. Ravi Kanth (20 Jun 25)
- WHO: Call for benefit sharing from Mpox and COVID-19 pathogens and sequence data use
by Nithin Ramakrishnan (09 Jun 25)
- Green Bonds, Empty Promises
(20 May 25)
- WHO: Developing countries concerned over expert committee proposal to draft PABS text
by TWN (08 May 25)
- UNEP: Developing countries stress means of implementation for Global Environmental Data Strategy
by Radhika Chatterjee (02 May 25)
- UNEP: Countries share priorities on Medium Term Strategy 2026-29
by Radhika Chatterjee (02 May 25)
- Civil Society and Farmers' Groups Urge Developing Country Parties to the Plant Treaty to Reject Inequitable Amendment Proposals
(22 Apr 25)
- Plant Treaty: MLS Working Group debate on expansion of scope of plants postponed
by TWN (21 Apr 25)
- Call for strong multilateralism at 7th Session of UN Environment Assembly
by Radhika Chatterjee (18 Apr 25)
- Coherent pathway forward needed for transformative biodiversity policy
(16 Apr 25)
- Plant Treaty: Africa and Asia call for treatment of DSI in Material Transfer Agreement
by TWN (15 Apr 25)
- Plant Treaty: "Subscription-Only" Prospects Fade, Weak Governance to Continue
by TWN (04 Apr 25)
- Plant Treaty: South calls for better MLS governance, expanded definition of "commercialisation"
by TWN (03 Apr 25)
- FAO: Proposals to amend Plant Treaty open door to corporate control and biopiracy?
by TWN (01 Apr 25)
- CBD: Resumed COP16 resolves deadlock, takes long overdue decision on financial mechanism
by Lim Li Ching (14 Mar 25)
- CBD: Cali Fund operationalized, "Not a Charity" says COP President
by TWN (26 Feb 25)
- Concerns over weakening of the Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing System
by TWN (21 Feb 25)
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