Q. Consider the following statements:
1. In Biodiversity the India, Management Committees are key to the realization of the objectives of the Nagoya Protocol.
2. The Biodiversity Management Committees have important functions in determining access and benefit sharing, including the power to levy collection fees on the access of biological resources within its jurisdiction.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Exp) Option c is the correct answer.
Statement 1 is correct: Nagoya Protocol: An international agreement called the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits arising from their Utilisation to the Convention on Biological Diversity aims to equitably and fairly share the benefits resulting from the use of genetic resources. It entered into force on 12 October 2014.
According to the Biological Diversity Act of 2002, every local body in the State shall establish a Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) within its area of jurisdiction for the purpose of promoting biological diversity conservation, sustainable use, and documentation. In other words, it can be said that, in India, the BMCs functions as the agency for the implementation of the objectives of Nagoya Protocol.
Statement 2 is correct: The BD Act gives BMCs the independent authority to charge those who collect biological resources within their territorial jurisdiction by way of collection fees. The ability of BMCs to collect fees will allow them to develop their own financial resources that they can use to carry out the objectives of the Act.
Source: https://www.cbd.int/abs/
http://nbaindia.org/text/14/BiodiversityManagementCommittees.html
Subject) Polity/IR
