Provisions of Biological Diversity Act, 2002 - Environmental ecology and Climate Change
Q. Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Biological Diversity Act, 2002 , was enacted to meet the obligations under Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to which India is a party.
2. The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) is established as a statutory autonomous body, under the Ministry of Environment and Forests established to implement the provisions under the Act.
3. The headquarter of NBA is in Kolkata.- Published on 18 Aug 15a. 1,2
b. 2,3
c. 1,3
d. All of the above
ANSWER: 1,2
The headquarter of NBA is in Chennai. State Biodiversity Boards (SBB) has been created in 28 States along with 31,574 Biological management committees (for each local body) across India under this act.
