Ayush manufactures from across Maharashtra have agreed to share details on access to bio-resources and benefit sharing (ABS) with the Maharashtra State Biodiversity Board (MSBB) as mandated by the law following Union ministry of environment and forests’ (MoEF) notification on November 21, 2014 effective from thereon.
This according to officials is the outcome of sensitisation workshops held at Nagpur and Pune on ABS a few months back to make the Ayush manufactures comply with the notification towards sustainable use of bio-resources in accordance with Biological Diversity (BD) Act, 2002.
According to official sources, “We would further be meeting the industry associations representing Ayush manufacturers on working out the modalities of ABS compliance as they have now agreed to pay royalty as per the ABS notification of the BD Act, 2002. The workshops have brought home the mindset among the manufacturers that compliance to the Act is actually meant to benefit them as it will encourage judicious use of the respective bio-resource in the long-term from agriculture and forest areas.”
Till date, over 700 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) have been set up in Maharashtra under Section 22(2) of the Act. Local bodies have constituted the BMCs in respective villages as per Section 41 of the Act. BMCs prepare, maintain and validate People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) in consultation with the local people. PBR gives information about the details of biological resources and traditional knowledge.
Till date, over 34, 000 BMCs and 29 State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) have been set up under Section 22(2) of the Act across the country. Local bodies have constituted the BMCs in respective states as per Section 41 of the Act.
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