Biodiversity and Conservation: India’s Panoramic View
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In pursuit of CBD, India consolidated 12 National Biodiversity Targets in accordance
with Aichi targets to meet its desired goal of biodiversity conservation by 2020.
Table 1 describes the targets along with effective policies and legislative procedures
involved in accomplishment of each target.
Some of the landmark laws and policies in biodiversity conservation include the
following:
• Biodiversity Act (2002–2004)
• National Environmental Policy (2006)
• National Biodiversity Action Plan (2008)
• National Wildlife Action Plan (2002–2016), (2017–2030)
• National Forest Policy (1988, Draft 2018)
• National Afforestation Plan for Climate Change (2008)
• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest
Rights) Act, 2006
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (2008)
• Green India Mission (2014)
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005)
• National Fisheries Development Board (2006)
• Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017
• National Policy on Marine Fisheries (2017)
• Blue Revolution (2015–2020)
• National Policy for Farmers (2007)
• Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV & FR) Act (2001)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(ITPGRFA) (2004)
• National Biotechnology Development Strategy (2015–2020).
Moreover, India’s National Biodiversity Targets are in sync with the global
objectives of biodiversity conservation which include international frameworks:
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Forum on Forests
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• World Heritage Convention (WHC)
• Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
• International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture
(ITPGFRA)
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In pursuit of CBD, India consolidated 12 National Biodiversity Targets in accordance
with Aichi targets to meet its desired goal of biodiversity conservation by 2020.
Table 1 describes the targets along with effective policies and legislative procedures
involved in accomplishment of each target.
Some of the landmark laws and policies in biodiversity conservation include the
following:
• Biodiversity Act (2002–2004)
• National Environmental Policy (2006)
• National Biodiversity Action Plan (2008)
• National Wildlife Action Plan (2002–2016), (2017–2030)
• National Forest Policy (1988, Draft 2018)
• National Afforestation Plan for Climate Change (2008)
• Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest
Rights) Act, 2006
• Wildlife Crime Control Bureau (2008)
• Green India Mission (2014)
• Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (2005)
• National Fisheries Development Board (2006)
• Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2017
• National Policy on Marine Fisheries (2017)
• Blue Revolution (2015–2020)
• National Policy for Farmers (2007)
• Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPV & FR) Act (2001)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
(ITPGRFA) (2004)
• National Biotechnology Development Strategy (2015–2020).
Moreover, India’s National Biodiversity Targets are in sync with the global
objectives of biodiversity conservation which include international frameworks:
• United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change
• United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification
• United Nations Forum on Forests
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora
(CITES)
• Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• World Heritage Convention (WHC)
• Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar Convention)
• International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC)
• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture
(ITPGFRA)