Showing posts with label Biological Diversity Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biological Diversity Act. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

New UNEP-GEF Project on Biodiversity for Sikkim

GANGTOK, 02 Sept: Sikkim is one of the five Indian states selected for a new UNEP-GEF funded project of the Ministry of Environment & Forests for “Strengthening Implementation of the Biological Diversity Act (BDA) and Rules with Focus on its Access and Benefit Sharing Provisions”. The total outlay of the project is US$ 9.8 million over a period of four years 2011-14. 
Member-Secretary, Sikkim State Biodiversity Board, APCCF Dr. Anil Mainra and Principal Research Officer, Usha Lachungpa attended the Inception Meeting organized by the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) and MoEF on 23 and 24 August, informs a press release.