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Operational Guidelines to the State Biodiversity Boards for Processing of Applications for Access to Biological Resources received under

section 7 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002

 

 

1.  Preamble and Scope

 

2.  Procedure for scrutiny of applications by the officer or person concerned

          2.1    Receipt of application

          2.2    Status of the applicant 

          2.3    Screening of application

          2.4    Purpose of access

          2.5    Biological resources

          2.6    Geographical location

          2.7    Quantity of biological resources

          2.8    Threatened species

          2.9   Exemptions under the BD Act 

 

3.  Consultation with Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)

 

4.  Consultation with an Expert Committee

 

5.  Determination of benefit sharing

 

6.  Grant of approval

 

7.  Sharing of benefits and monitoring mechanism

 

 

Source:

 

http://nbaindia.org/uploaded/pdf/Guidelines_for_Processing_ABSapplications_SBBs.pdf