National Biodiversity Authority

Editorial illustration of the Nagoya Protocol showing genetic resources, biodiversity, Indigenous and local communities, and India's three-tier Access and Benefit-Sharing framework.

Nagoya Protocol Explained: How It Protects Biodiversity, Genetic Resources and Local Communities

India’s National Biodiversity Authority has disbursed ₹1.19 crore to 29 State Biodiversity Boards and one Union Territory Biodiversity Council under the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism. The development highlights a fundamental question in biodiversity governance: when companies, researchers or other organisations benefit from a country’s biological resources and traditional knowledge, who should receive a share of those benefits? The Nagoya Protocol provides an internati

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