Seed companies that profit from India’s crop varieties have paid ₹2.02 crore towards protecting the biodiversity those varieties came from, and the money is now reaching state-level bodies that can spend it on conservation in local communities.
Andhra Pradesh
Five Indian states now have their own paper trail of where elephants and people collide most often, and why.
Scientists have discovered three new spider species in India this July: one in a cave in Meghalaya, one in a forest canopy in Andhra Pradesh, and one in a stretch of grassland in Maharashtra.