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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.
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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