The Board

 

West Bengal Biodiversity Board
(Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal)

 

About The West Bengal Biodiversity Board
The West Bengal Biodiversity Board has been formed under the notification of the Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal on September 16, 2004.

 

Structure of the Board

A.	Member appointed as Chairperson
	Professor Arun Kumar Sharma, Department of Botany, University of Calcutta
B.	Ex-officio members appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 22
a.	Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Department of Environment
b.	Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Wild Life and Biodiversity & Chief Wild Life Warden Directorate of Forests ,Government of West Bengal
c.	Director, bbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbbb Directorate of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal
d.	Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Department of Panchayet and Rural Development Government of West Bengal
e.	Member Secretary, West Bengal Pollution Control Board
f.	Representative of Darjeeling Gorkha Hill Council	Top
C.	Experts under clause (e) of sub-section (4) of section 22
a.	Prof. N. D. Paria Vice Chancellor Vidyasagar University
b.	Prof. Pulak Lahiri Department of Zoology Ballygunj Science College, University of Calcutta
c.	Director Zoological Survey of India
d.	Director Botanical Survey of India
e.	Prof. (Retd.) Balen Nandi fffffffffffffffffffffffffff ffffff Department of Botany, University of Burdwan
D.	Member Secretary
	Chief Environment Officer fffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff Department of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal
E.	Permanent invitees to the Board
a.	Chairman ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff West Bengal Pollution Control Board
b.	Vice Chancellor Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya

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Employees

01.	Dr. Soumyendra Nath Ghosh	Senior Research Officer
02.	Dr. Anirban Roy	Research Officer
03.	Dr. Neera Sen Sarkar	Research Assistant
04.	Mr. Soumen Basu	Stenographer

 

Functions of the Board

• To advise the Sate Government subject to any guidelines issued by the Central Government, on matters relating to the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of biological resources.
• To regulate by granting of approvals or otherwise requests for commercial utilisation or bio-survey and bio-utilisation of any biological resource by Indians.
• To perform such other functions as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, or as may be prescribed by the State Government.

  The West Bengal Biodiversity Board, is authorized to undertake regulatory actions against undertaking activities detrimental to biodiversity of the State, obtaining of biological resources of the State by Indian nationals without permission, and also applications for intellectual property rights on biodiversity of the State without the approval of the NBA. According to the West Bengal Biodiversity Rules, 2005 the restriction or prohibition on access to biological resources are for

• any endangered taxa, or taxa that are likely to become threatened due to such access;
• any endemic and rare species;
• may likely result in adverse effect on the livelihoods of the local people;
• may result in adverse environmental impact difficult to control and mitigate;
• may cause genetic erosion affecting the ecosystem;
• may cause destruction of any biological resources;
• may be for use of resources for purposes contrary to national interest and other related international agreements entered into by India.

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