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 37: Biodiversity heritage sites.
    (1) Without prejudice to any other law for the time being in force, the State Government may, from time to time in consultation with the local bodies, notify in the Official Gazette, areas of biodiversity importance as biodiversity heritage sites under this Act.
     (2) The State Government, in consultation with the Central Government, may frame rules for the management and conservation of all the heritage sites.
     (3) The State Government shall frame schemes for compensating or rehabilitating any person or section of people economically affected by such notification.
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