India leads in ABS compliance with 2.7 lakh committees, yet grassroots implementation lags. To empower indigenous communities, India must move beyond bureaucratic "box-ticking" by enforcing sector-wide benefit-sharing and ensuring that mobilized funds directly reach and benefit local biodiversity conservators.
Click to View MoreThe discovery of Gitchak nakana, a blind aquifer fish in Assam’s Indo-Burma hotspot, reveals a fragile subterranean ecosystem. As a bio-indicator of groundwater health, it exposes risks from over-extraction and pollution.
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