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UPSC 2023: Consider the following statements : 1. In India, the Biodiversity Management Committees are key to the realization of the objectives of the Nagoya Protocol. 2. The Biodiversity Management Committees have important functions in determining access and benefit sharing, including the power to levy collection fees on the access of biological resources within its jurisdiction. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a)1 only
(b)2 only
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1.nor 2
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Not attemptedCorrect Answer: (c) Both 1 and 2
The official key marks option (c); both statements are correct. Section 41 of the Biological Diversity Act 2002 establishes BMCs for ‘promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biodiversity’, and Rule 22(10) (BD Rules 2004) empowers them to levy collection fees and facilitate access-and-benefit-sharing at the local level. Thus BMCs are instruments for conservation as well as gatekeepers for benefit-sharing. ([upscprep.com](https://www.upscprep.com/content/files/2023/06/GS1.pdf))
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This question was asked in UPSC CSE Prelims 2023, GS Paper 1, as Question 79. It falls under Environment & Ecology > Environmental Governance & Legislation.
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