The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is a statutory government body established in 2003 under India’s Biological Diversity Act, 2002. Based in Chennai, it regulates the use of biological resources, promotes conservation, and ensures fair, equitable sharing of benefits with local indigenous communities.
Click to View MoreThe 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.
Click to View MoreIndia leads in ABS compliance with 2.7 lakh committees, yet grassroots implementation lags. To empower indigenous communities, India must move beyond bureaucratic "box-ticking" by enforcing sector-wide benefit-sharing and ensuring that mobilized funds directly reach and benefit local biodiversity conservators.
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