Biodiversity Act, 2002

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gptkbp:instanceOf Indian legislation
gptkbp:administeredBy gptkb:Ministry_of_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change_(India)
gptkbp:amendedBy Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
gptkbp:appliesTo whole of India except Jammu and Kashmir (prior to 2019)
gptkbp:country gptkb:India
gptkbp:dateEnacted 2002
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:Parliament_of_India
gptkbp:establishes gptkb:Biodiversity_Management_Committees
gptkb:National_Biodiversity_Authority
gptkb:State_Biodiversity_Boards
gptkbp:gazetted 5 February 2003
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Biodiversity Act, 2002
gptkbp:longTitle 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.
gptkbp:penalty imprisonment and fine for contravention
gptkbp:purpose conservation of biological diversity
fair and equitable sharing of benefits
sustainable use of biological resources
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Convention_on_Biological_Diversity
gptkbp:section Section 3: Regulation of access to biological resources
Section 6: Approval for transfer of results of research
Section 7: Prior intimation for obtaining biological resources for certain purposes
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:Biological_Diversity_Act,_2002
gptkbp:status in force
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Wildlife_Protection_Act_of_India
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7