National Biodiversity Authority releases ₹18.3 Lakh to Biodiversity Management Committees in UP and Sikkim

Key Points

1. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) released ₹18.3 lakh to Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) in Uttar Pradesh and Sikkim.
2. The funds are part of the Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
3. The recipient BMCs are Narrau village BMC in Aligarh District, Uttar Pradesh, and the BMC in the Lampokhari Lake Area, Aritar, Sikkim.
4. A company accessed crop materials in Narrau village for producing fermentable compounds from lignocellulosic biomass.
5. Another company accessed microorganisms from water and soil samples in the Lampokhari Lake area for research purposes.
6. The funds are channeled through the respective State Biodiversity Boards.