Indian Network on Cultural and Biological Diversity (I.N.C.B.D.)
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Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC)
"Every local body shall constitute a BMC within its area for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and micro-organisms and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity"
- Every local body (i.e. Panchayat, Mandal, Municipality etc.) shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) within its area of jurisdiction in I.
- The main function of the BMC is to prepare People's Biodiversity Register in consultation with local people. The Register shall contain comprehensive information on availability and knowledge of local biological resources, their medicinal or any other use or any other traditional knowledge associated with them.
- The other functions of the BMC are to advise on any matter referred to it by the State Biodiversity Boards or Authority for granting approval, and to maintain data about the local vaidya's and practitioners using the biological resources.
- People's Biodiversity Registers, and the particulars it shall contain and the format for electronic database will be according to the guidelines of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA).
- The State Biodiversity Boards shall provide guidance and technical support to the Biodiversity Management Committees for preparing People's Biodiversity Registers.
- The People's Biodiversity Registers shall be maintained and validated by the Biodiversity Management Committees.
The Committee shall also maintain Register giving information about the details of the access to biological resources and traditional knowledge granted, details of the collection fee imposed and details of the benefits derived and the mode of their sharing.
