National Biodiversity Authority


The National Biodiversity Authority is a statutory autonomous body under the Ministry of Environment, Forests and climate change, Government of India established in 2003 to implement the provisions under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, after India signed Convention on Biological Diversity 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, 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 importance as heritage sites.
In 2012, NBA organised the first ever National Biodiversity Congress, held at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. On this occasion, National Biodiversity Students' Congress was also held
Since its establishment, NBA has supported creation of in 29 States and facilitated establishment of around 1,39,831 .
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 for of specific activities are given in the website of 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.