**Executive Summary**
The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) disbursed Rs 45.05 lakh to more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States and 2 Union Territories. The payouts aim to ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of biological resources and to support biodiversity conservation, in accordance with national and international obligations, the disbursement was posted on February 9th, 2024.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Disbursement Details:**
* Rs 45.05 lakh disbursed by NBA to benefit claimers.
* Pay-outs will benefit more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States and two Union Territories and 15 Red Sanders farmers from Andhra Pradesh.
* BMCs represent diverse ecological settings like rural villages, urban local bodies, mangrove areas, and industrial vicinities.
* **Benefit-Sharing:**
* The benefit-sharing amount comes from the use of various biological resources like insects, microorganisms, and cultivated Red Sanders.
* The money is being returned to communities to improve livelihoods and encourage active protection and conservation of biodiversity.
* **NBA's Role:**
* NBA put in place simplified regulations to improve transparency and promote ease of doing business.
* The NBA works with states, local bodies, researchers, industry, and communities to spread awareness and build capacity for biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use.
* NBA supports the documentation of People's Biodiversity Registers including traditional knowledge details and participatory approach in managing and protecting biodiversity at the grassroots level.
* **Cumulative Progress:**
* Cumulative ABS payments have crossed Rs 145 crore (around USD 16 million).
* **International Commitments:**
* NBA plays a key role in advancing India's obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on ABS.
* It also works towards attaining the goals of the National Biodiversity Target's and the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
**Impact Analysis**
**Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)**
* **Impact:** Receive financial benefits to support conservation efforts.
* **Action Required:** Utilize the funds to improve livelihoods, actively protect and conserve biodiversity within their respective ecological and institutional settings.
**States and Union Territories:**
* **Impact:** Responsible for supporting biodiversity conservation within their jurisdiction.
* **Action Required:** Collaborate with the NBA to improve regulations, build capacity, and raise awareness about biodiversity conservation and sustainable use.
**Communities:**
* **Impact:** Livelihood improvement and the need to actively protect and conserve biodiversity.
* **Action Required:** Participate in conservation activities, document traditional knowledge, and manage biodiversity at the grassroots level.
**Researchers and Industry:**
* **Impact:** Promoting awareness and building capacity for biodiversity conservation and sustainable use
* **Action Required:** Work with the NBA and communities to ensure that benefits from the use of biological resources are shared fairly and equitably.
Key Entities Referenced
National Biodiversity Authority (NBA): The entity disbursing funds to Biodiversity Management Committees and State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils.
Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs): Local level bodies that benefit from the disbursement and represent diverse ecological settings.
State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils: Entities through which the NBA disburses funds to benefit claimers.
Convention on Biological Diversity: International convention under which India has obligations related to biodiversity.
India: The country whose obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity are being advanced by the NBA's actions.
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
NBA Disburses Rs 45.05 lakh to Biodiversity
Management Committees across 10 States and
Two UTs
Posted On: 09 FEB 2026 9:26AM by PIB Delhi
As part of its continued efforts to conserve biodiversity and ensure fair and equitable sharing of benefits
from the use of biological resources, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has disbursed Rs 45.05
lakh to benefit claimers through State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils.
The pay-outs will benefit more than 90 Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) across 10 States
and two Union Territories, including Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Maharashtra, Assam,
Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, the National Capital Territory of Delhi and the
Union Territory of Ladakh, as well as to 15 farmers of Red Sanders from Andhra Pradesh. These BMCs
represent a range of diverse ecological and institutional settings, including rural villages, urban local
bodies, mangrove areas and industrial vicinities.
The benefit-sharing amount was generated from the use of various biological resources, including certain
insects, microorganisms found in soil and water and cultivated Red Sanders. These resources were used to
develop a range of products, showing how biodiversity supports scientific innovation and the bio-
economy. Through the Access and Benefit-Sharing mechanism, a share of the commercial benefits gained
by the companies is returned to the communities, helping improve livelihoods and encouraging
communities to actively protect and conserve biodiversity.
In recent years, the NBA has put in place simplified regulations to improve transparency and promote ease
of doing business, while continuing to safeguard communities’ interests and biodiversity. The NBA works
closely with States, local bodies, researchers, industry and communities to spread awareness and build
capacity for biodiversity conservation and its sustainable use. It supports the documentation of People’s
Biodiversity Registers including traditional knowledge details and participatory approach in managing and
protecting biodiversity at the grassroots level.
Collectively, these measures have resulted in cumulative ABS payments crossing Rs 145 crore (around
USD 16 million). The NBA continues to play a key role in advancing India’s obligations under the
Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol on ABS at both national and international
levels and also towards attaining the goals of the National Biodiversity Target’s and the Kunming-
Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
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