Role of biodiversity act in the conservation of flora and fauna of India

Abstract

This paper summarizes the key characteristics of the Biological Diversity Act 2002 (BD Act) of India and its role in the country's protection of biodiversity. In order to enact this Act, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) was established in 2003 in compliance with Section 8 of the Act. The BD Act provides for regulated access by bonafide end-users to biological resources for a variety of purposes, including scientific research, commercial activity and sustainable use of non-timber forest products.Three functional bodies, namely the NBA at national level, the State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) in various states, and the Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) at local level, enact the Act.Culture (Panchayat). At national level, the NBA is responsible for Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) decisions, approval of access to and transition to foreign nationals, corporations or non-resident Indians of biological capital, findings or technologies of scientific study and many other matters relating to the protection of Indian biodiversity.In mutually agreed terms related to access and access, the Act focuses on fair benefit sharing.For different reasons, the movement of biological capital or information that exists in or is acquired from India.