Access and Benefit Sharing

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT 2002: FEATURES, SIGNIFICANCE, CHALLENGES, WAY FORWARD

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002, protects India's genetic resources through equitable benefit-sharing. Recent 2026 updates introduce e-PBRs and revised penalties to streamline compliance. Despite challenges like institutional inertia, it aims to balance industrial growth with grassroots conservation and biopiracy prevention.