People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)

Why in news? Recently, The National Campaign for Updation and Verification of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) was launched in Goa, by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

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The People’s Biodiversity Register serves as a comprehensive record of locally available Bio-resources including the landscape and demography of a particular area or village.
It is prepared by Biodiversity Management Committees (under Biodiversity Act 2002) in consultation with local communities.
- Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) are local bodies created under the Biological Diversity Act 2002, with the mandate to ensure the conservation, sustainable utilization and equitable sharing of benefits from biodiversity.
PBR is aimed to document and preserve India’s rich biological diversity.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetailm.aspx?PRID=1926651

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