SALIENT PROVISIONS OF BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002

  Section - 3: All foreign national require approval from NBA for obtaining Biological Resources.

  Section - 4: Indian individuals/entities to seek approval before transferring 
                    knowledge / research and material to foreigners.

  Section - 5: Guidelines for Government sponsored collaborative research projects.

  Section - 6: Prior approval of NBA before applying for any kind of IPR based on research conducted on biological     

                    material  and or associated knowledge obtained from India .

  Section - 7: Indians required to provide prior intimation to State Biodiversity Boards for obtaining biological material for 

                    commercial purposes. SBB can regulate such access.

                    Growers and cultivators of Biological Diversity and vaids and hakims who are practicing Indian system of 

                     medicines and local people exempted.

  Section - 8: Establishment of NBA, its composition.

  Section - 13: Committees of NBA

  Section - 18: Functions and powers of NBA

  Section - 19: Approval by the NBA

  Section - 21: Determination of equitable benefit sharing by NBA

  Section - 22: Establishment of State Bio-diversity Boards

  Section - 23: Function of the State Bio-diversity Boards

  Section - 24: Powers of State Bio-diversity Boards

  Section - 26 : National Biodiversity Fund

  Section - 32: State Bio-diversity Fund

  Section - 36: Central Government to develop National strategies, plans etc. for conservation of biodiversity.

  Section - 36: (1A): Central Government to issue direction to State Governments to take corrective measures for   

                     conservation of biodiversity

  Section - 36 (3)(i): Impact assessment of developmental projects on biodiversity

  Section - 36 (3)(ii): Regulate release of GMOs

  Section - 36 (4): Measures for protecting the traditional knowledge

  Section - 37: Biodiversity heritage sites

  Section - 38: Notifications of threatened species

  Section - 39: Designation of repositories

  Section - 40: Exemption for normally traded commodities from purview of the act.

  Section - 41: Establishment of Biodiversity Management Committees by local bodies.

  Section - 42: Local Biodiversity Fund

  Section - 52 A: Appeals to High Court on the decision of NBA / SBB

  Section - 53 B: Orders of NBA / SBB at par with civil courts.

  Section - 55: Penalties - imprisonment upto 5 years and or a fine of 10 lakhs or to the extent of damage caused.

  Section - 59: Act to have effect in addition to other Acts

  Section - 61: Cognizance of offences

  Section - 62: Power of Central Government to make Rules

  Section - 63: Power of State Government to make Rules

  Section - 64:  Power to make regulations

  Section - 65:  Power to remove difficulties