National
Biodiversity Authority
Logo Design Contest for
National Biodiversity Authority
National
Biodiversity Authority (NBA), a statutory body under Ministry of Environment
Forest & Climate Change was established by the Central Government in 2003
to implement the provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. Its
headquarters is situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. As a Statutory Body, NBA
performs facilitative, regulatory and advisory functions for the Government of
India on issues of conservation, sustainable use of biological resources and
fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of biological
resources. NBA regulates activities like research, commercial utilization,
bio-survey and bio-utilization of biological resources and/or associated
knowledge occurring in India. It also grants approval for persons seeking
Intellectual property rights for inventions based on Indian biological
resources or associated knowledge. Thus, companies, institutions and
individuals that access biological resources and/or associated knowledge for
developing products and obtaining patents shall seek NBA approval before
undertaking such activities. At the time of granting approval, NBA would insist
that a certain percentage of the profit that the company or individual reaps
shall be shared with NBA. The benefits shared in such a manner would be used
for conservation and promotion of biodiversity, incentivising
communities involved in conservation of the resource and socio economic
development of areas from where the resource was accessed. NBA is now planning
to develop a logo/ mark which the companies or
individuals can affix on their product for which they have obtained approval
from NBA. Further details with respect to National Biodiversity Authority may
be seen at the website http://nbaindia.org/ In this regard, NBA invites entries for the logo contest.
Participants are
required to conceptualize and design a mark/logo such that-
1. The
mark be distinctive and may convey the three objectives of the Biological
Diversity Act, 2002, namely – conservation of biological diversity, sustainable
use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of
its utilization.
2. The
mark shall dignify the concept of ‘Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)’ which denotes the equitable sharing of benefits by the
users (Companies/Institutions/Industry) to the providers
(Communities/Farmers/Traditional Knowledge Holders) of biological resources.
3. The
mark can be used by companies to advertise that their product is based on a
biological resource and/ or associated knowledge from India.
4. The
mark will be certifying that the particular product on which it is affixed is
complying with ‘Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)’ requirements under Indian
law.
5.
Consumers can choose products with this mark and can be assured that the
product was manufactured using biological resources and/or associated knowledge
from India and that it has met the ABS requirements under Indian law.
The Designer of the finally
selected Logo will get a prize of Rs. 50,000/-
(Rupees fifty thousand only) and would be required to give copyright of the
design to National Biodiversity Authority. (The prize money will be payable
after deduction of TDS).
The last date for accepting
entries is 21st January, 2019 till 06.00PM.
Click here to read Terms and
Condition <https://static.mygov.in/rest/s3fs-public/mygov_154511177051553221.pdf>
For any queries write to:
Mr. T. Narendran,
Technical Officer (IPR)
Tel: 044-22542777/1075
E-mail: toipr@nba.nic.in