New Delhi, June 26 (IANS) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for the Notification of Threatened Species, a major step towards strengthening conservation, an official said on Friday. The SOP was issued under Section 38 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, to facilitate a uniform, transparent and scientifically robust process for the identification, assessment and notification of threatened species by States and Union Territories, said the…
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New Delhi, March 31 (IANS) India has emerged as the global leader in issuing Internationally Recognised Certificates of Compliance (IRCCs) under the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-Sharing (ABS), accounting for more than 56 per cent of all certificates issued worldwide, an Environment Ministry official said on Tuesday. According to the latest data on the ABS Clearing-House, India has issued 3,561 IRCCs out of a global total of 6,311, placing it far ahead of all other countries in implement…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 45.05 lakh as benefit-sharing amount with more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States and two Union Territories, an official said on Monday.The benefit-sharing amount was generated from the commercial use of various biological resources, including certain insects, microorganisms found in soil and water and cultivated Red Sanders in these states.The disbursal to benefit claimers through …