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?