Act Number: 18

Act Name: The Biological Diversity Act, 2002

Year: 2003

Enactment Date: 2003-02-05

Long Title: An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

Ministry: Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

Department:

Section 7: Prior intimation to State Biodiversity Board for obtaining biological resource for certain purposes.
    No person, who is a citizen of India or a body corporate, association or organisation which is registered in India, shall obtain any biological resource for commercial utilisation, or bio-survey and bio-utilisation for commercial utilisation except after giving prior intimation to the State Biodiversity Board concerned:
     Provided that the provisions of this section shall not apply to the local people and communities of the area, including growers and cultivators of biodiversity, and vaids and hakims, who have been practicing indigenous medicine.
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