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The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change,
Government of India The Government of India (ISO: ; often abbreviated as GoI), known as the Union Government or Central Government but often simply as the Centre, is the national government of the Republic of India, a federal democracy located in South Asia, ...
established in 2003 to implement the provisions under the
Biological Diversity Act, 2002 The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 is an Act enacted by the Parliament of India for the preservation of biological diversity in India, and provides mechanism for equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of traditional biological res ...
, after India signed
Convention on Biological Diversity The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), known informally as the Biodiversity Convention, is a multilateral treaty. The Convention has three main goals: the conservation of biological diversity (or biodiversity); the sustainable use of its ...
(CBD) in 1992.


Overview

Headquartered in Chennai, India, it acts as a facilitating, regulating and advisory body to the Government of India "on issues of
conservation Conservation is the preservation or efficient use of resources, or the conservation of various quantities under physical laws. Conservation may also refer to: Environment and natural resources * Nature conservation, the protection and managem ...
, sustainable use of biological resources and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of biological resources." Additionally, it advises State Governments in identifying the areas of
biodiversity Biodiversity or biological diversity is the variety and variability of life on Earth. Biodiversity is a measure of variation at the genetic (''genetic variability''), species (''species diversity''), and ecosystem (''ecosystem diversity'') l ...
importance (
biodiversity hotspot A biodiversity hotspot is a biogeographic region with significant levels of biodiversity that is threatened by human habitation. Norman Myers wrote about the concept in two articles in ''The Environmentalist'' in 1988 and 1990, after which the c ...
s) as heritage sites. In 2012, NBA organized the first ever National Biodiversity Congress (NBC), held at
Thiruvananthapuram Thiruvananthapuram (; ), also known by its former name Trivandrum (), is the capital of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the most populous city in Kerala with a population of 957,730 as of 2011. The encompassing urban agglomeration populati ...
, Kerala. On this occasion, National Biodiversity Students' Congress was also held Since its establishment, NBA has supported creation o
SBBs
in 29 States and facilitated establishment of around 1,39,83

The National Biodiversity Authority is mandated to regulate access to biological resources and / or associated knowledge for research, bio-survey and bio-utilization, commercial utilization, obtaining Intellectual Property Rights, transfer of results of research and transfer of accessed biological resources. The details of application forms fo

(ABS) of specific activities are given in the website of National Biodiversity Authority. The Moot Court Association of Symbiosis Law School, Nagpur in collaboration with the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board organized the National Moot Court Competition from December 3- 5, 2021. J. Justin Mohan, Secretary, National Biodiversity Authority


Judgement

NGT in its judgement of Chandrabhal singh, has directed all the states to comply with provision of the act and create biodiversity management committee and peoplebiodiversity register in comprehensive manner.


See also

*
List of Biodiversity Heritage Sites of India Biodiversity Heritage Sites are notified areas of biodiversity importance in India. The Indian State Government can notify the Biodiversity Heritage Sites in consultation with local governing bodies under Section 37 of Biological Diversity Act ...
* The Kerala State Biodiversity Board *
Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education The Indian Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICFRE) is an autonomous organisation or governmental agency under the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India. Headquartered in Dehradun, its functions are to conduct fore ...


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External links


Official Website
Biodiversity Nature conservation organisations based in India Environment of India Environmental organisations based in India Government agencies of India Government agencies established in 2003 Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Organisations based in Chennai 2003 establishments in Tamil Nadu {{India-org-stub