BIODIVERSITY MANAGEMENT COMMITTTEE (BMC)

Section 41. (1) of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 states:

“Every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity Management Committee within its area for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and microorganisms and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity”.