This week, world leaders and climate negotiators gathered in Azerbaijan for COP29, the latest iteration of the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The agenda, once again, centers on financial mechanisms, digital technologies, and net-zero commitments. The COP has seen...
The Vasundhara Festival recently convened farmers, activists, and representatives from India and around the world—including Italy, New Zealand, Canada, Mexico, and Australia—to honor biodiversity as the cornerstone of local economies, sustainable food systems, and cultural identity. The festival took...
“Making Peace with Nature” is the title of the 16th United Nations Conference on Biological Diversity hosted by the Colombian government in Cali, from 21 October to 1 November 2024. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), adopted by most...
Download pdf On the occasion of the United Nations Biodiversity Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), Navdanya International presents the illustrated booklet Biodiversity is Not for Sale. This publication brings attention to...
Download pdf This factsheet was created with the intention to support: Organizations, researchers, scholars, activists, communities and individuals To learn, share and act on the threat that biodiversity credits pose by understanding the functioning of this financial mechanism and...
Download pdf Biodiversity is the web of life and source of livelihoods Biodiversity is not a collection of isolated species but a complex, interconnected web of life. Each organism, from the smallest microbe to the largest animal, plays a...
By Dr Vandana Shiva Biodiversity weaves the web of life, the infrastructure of life. It is not an object, not a thing, not a number. Biodiversity is life in self-organized complexity, collective agency, and continual evolution. Biodiversity is intrinsically...
On the occasion of World Food Day 2024, Navdanya hosted the Vasundhara Festival at the Navdanya Biodiversity Conservation Farm in Dehradun, India. This celebration of Mother Earth brought together a powerful gathering of women farmers, Indigenous peoples, and small-scale...
Full Report – Download Executive Summary – Download In the name of biodiversity “conservation” and “protection”, the corporate sector is increasingly making calls for the financialisation of nature. The financialization of nature continues the harmful legacy of bio-imperialism. These...
On the eve of Biodiversity Day, May 21, 2024, Navdanya International hosted the webinar, Biodiversity is Life: Rights of Nature vs Financialisation of Nature. The webinar was moderated by Ruchi Shroff, International Director of Navdanya International and featured Dr....