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News: The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated the Natural History Museum (NHM), Mizoram University, Aizawl, as a Designated Repository under Section 39 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
About Designated Repository under Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has designated the Natural History Museum (NHM), Mizoram University, Aizawl, as a Designated Repository.
- About Designated Repository (DR): It is a safe deposit of holotypes or isotypes or paratypes of new taxa discovered in India and samples of biological resources accessed by foreign citizens or entities for research or sent/carried abroad by Indian citizens/institutions for research.
- Designated by: Under Section 39 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is authorized to designate institutions as repositories for biological resources, in consultation with the Central Government.
- Total Designated Repositories: India has 21 Designated Repositories.
About Natural History Museum (NHM), Mizoram
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