UPSC Prelims 2023 · GS Paper 1 · Q29

Environment

Medium · Biodiversity Management Committees and Access-Benefit Sharing

Consider the following statements about Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) constituted under India's Biological Diversity Act, 2002:

1. BMCs play a key role in realising the access-and-benefit-sharing objectives of the Nagoya Protocol.

2. BMCs are empowered to levy a collection fee on persons accessing biological resources within their jurisdiction for commercial use.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?