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The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 aims to conserve biological diversity, promote sustainable use of its components, and ensure fair sharing of benefits derived from biological resources in India. It aligns with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol, emphasizing the sovereign rights of states over their biological resources. The Act was enacted to fulfill these objectives and support India's commitment to international biodiversity agreements.

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The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 aims to conserve biological diversity, promote sustainable use of its components, and ensure fair sharing of benefits derived from biological resources in India. It aligns with the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity and the Nagoya Protocol, emphasizing the sovereign rights of states over their biological resources. The Act was enacted to fulfill these objectives and support India's commitment to international biodiversity agreements.

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02/03/2025, 05:12 BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002 Preamble - The Biological Diversity Act, 2002

BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002

Preamble - The Biological Diversity Act, 2002

THE BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002

[Act No. 18 of 2003]

[05th February, 2003]

An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and
fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge
and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

WHEREAS India is rich in biological diversity and associated traditional and contempo­rary
knowledge system relating thereto;

AND WHEREAS India is a 2[Party] to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity signed
at Rio de Janeiro on the 5th day of June, 1992;

AND WHEREAS the said Convention came into force on the 29th December, 1993;

AND WHEREAS the said Convention reaffirms the sovereign rights of the States over their
biological resources;

AND WHEREAS the said Convention has the main objective of conservation of biologi­cal diversity,
sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the ben­efits arising out of
utilisation of genetic resources;

1[AND WHEREAS India is a Party to the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the
fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from their utilisation to the convention on Biological
Diversity which was adopted on the 29th October, 2010 in Nagoya, Japan;

AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to provide for conservation, sustainable utilisation, fair
and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of utilisation of biological resources and also to
give effect to the said Convention.]

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows:--

1. Substituted by Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023, w.e.f. 01.04.2024, vide Notification No. SO295(E) dated

18.01.2024, for the following:-

"AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to provide for conservation, sustainable utilisation and equitable sharing of the

benefits arising out of utilisation of genetic re­sources and also to give effect to the said Convention."

2. Substituted by Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023, w.e.f. 01.04.2024, vide Notification No. SO295(E) dated

18.01.2024, for the following:-

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