Biological Diversity Act 2002. The act was enacted to meet the obligations under the united nations convention on biological diversity cbd to which india is a party. The biological diversity act 2002 no.
3 it shall come into force on such date as the central government may by notification in the official gazette appoint. Objective of this act is to regulate the access to genetic resources and protection of biodiversity. India enacted biological diversity act in 2002 for giving effect to the provisions of the cbd.
The biological diversity act 2002 is an act implemented 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 resources and knowledge the act was enacted to meet the obligations under the convention on biological diversity cbd because india is a party of the.
The act was enacted to meet the obligations under the united nations convention on biological diversity cbd to which india is a party. This act provides for establishment of statutory bodies such as national biodiversity authority state biodiversity boards national and state biodiversity funds biodiversity management committee etc. The biological diversity act 2002 and the biological diversity rules of 2004 are executed by nba national biodiversity authority at the national level sbb state biological board at state level and bma s biodiversity management committees at neighborhood levels. A portion of the significant elements of these specialists are.
