{"id":42724,"date":"2025-05-05T19:25:34","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/?p=42724"},"modified":"2025-05-05T19:25:55","modified_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:55:55","slug":"biodiversity-new-rules-access-and-benefit-sharing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/05-05-2025\/biodiversity-new-rules-access-and-benefit-sharing","title":{"rendered":"New Rules for Access and Benefit Sharing of Biodiversity\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Syllabus: GS3\/ Environment and Ecology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has notified the <strong>Biological Diversity<\/strong> (<strong>Access to Biological Resources and Knowledge Associated thereto and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits) Regulation, 2025.<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The rules are notified to streamline and regulate benefit sharing from the use of biological resources and associated knowledge.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>ABS refers to the framework through which benefits arising from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge are <strong>shared fairly and equitably with the communities<\/strong> that have conserved these resources.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is a principle under the <strong>Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>India operationalizes ABS through the <strong>Biological Diversity Act, 2002<\/strong>, and its recent amendment the <strong>Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Features of the 2025 Regulation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Turnover-Based Benefit Sharing:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Below \u20b95 crore:<\/strong> Exempt from benefit sharing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u20b95 crore\u2013\u20b950 crore:<\/strong> 0.2% of annual gross ex-factory sale price (excluding taxes).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>\u20b950 crore\u2013\u20b9250 crore:<\/strong> 0.4% of annual turnover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Above \u20b9250 crore: <\/strong>0.6% of annual turnover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Entities with turnover above \u20b91 crore<\/strong> must file annual statements on resource usage.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Inclusion of Digital Sequence Information (DSI):<\/strong> DSI now considered part of genetic resources, closing earlier loopholes where only physical materials were covered.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It aligns with the outcomes from <strong>COP16<\/strong> of the <strong>Convention on Biological Diversity in Cali, Colombia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Cultivated medicinal plants are exempted<\/strong>, provided they are notified by the Ministry of Environment in consultation with the AYUSH Ministry.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High-Value Resources:<\/strong> For resources of high conservation\/economic value (red sanders, sandalwood, agarwood and threatened species), minimum <strong>5%<\/strong> of proceeds from auction\/sale must be shared.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>This can go up to <strong>20%<\/strong> in case of commercial exploitation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Intellectual Property Rights (IPR): <\/strong>Applicants for IPR involving biodiversity must disclose the use of biological resources and share benefits accordingly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Distribution of Benefits: <\/strong>10\u201315% retained by the National Biodiversity Authority.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Remaining benefits directed to local communities and claimants through Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Significance of the New Regulation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Addresses regulatory gaps:<\/strong> It includes DSI which was previously excluded under the 2014 guidelines.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Transparency: <\/strong>Clear slabs promote predictability for industries like pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and biotechnology.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Supports cultivation:<\/strong> Encourages cultivation of medicinal plants over extraction from wild sources.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ebecf0\"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Nagoya Protocol<\/strong><br>&#8211; The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization (ABS) is a supplementary agreement to the <strong>Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).<\/strong><br>&#8211; It provides a transparent legal framework for the effective implementation of one of the three objectives of the CBD:<strong> the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources.<\/strong><br>&#8211; It was adopted in <strong>2010 in Nagoya,<\/strong> Japan and entered into force in <strong>2014.<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.downtoearth.org.in\/wildlife-biodiversity\/access-and-benefit-sharing-new-rules-for-use-of-biodiversity-put-in-place-by-centre\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>DTE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>Context<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">The National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has notified the Biological Diversity (Access to Biological Resources and Knowledge Associated thereto and Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits) Regulation, 2025.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3><strong>What is Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS)?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">ABS refers to the framework through which benefits arising from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge are shared fairly and equitably with the communities that have conserved these resources.<\/li>\n<li class=\"ms-5\">It is a principle under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).<\/li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/current-affairs\/05-05-2025\/biodiversity-new-rules-access-and-benefit-sharing\" class=\"btn btn-primary btn-sm float-end\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42724"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42734,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42724\/revisions\/42734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nextias.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}