Below are some of our comments and suggestions submitted to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change concerning the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021, which was tabled before the Rajya Sabha recently to amend the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (hereafter referred to as the BDA). These Amendments were introduced 20 years after the law was initially passed in 2002, in response to a long-standing demand from stakeholders to simplify, streamline and reduce compliance burden in order to encourage a conducive environment for collaborative research and investments.
At the outset, it is important to highlight some of the positive aspects of the Bill, for which the Ministry needs to be commended. These are as follows:
Our comments on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021
At the outset, it is important to highlight some of the positive aspects of the Bill, for which the Ministry needs to be commended. These are as follows:
Our comments on the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Bill, 2021