People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)

• The National Campaign for Updation and Verification of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) was launched in Goa recently.
• It marks a significant step towards the documentation and preservation of India’s rich biological diversity.
• There is a plan to set up PBR in every village across the country under Mission LiFE– lifestyle for environment.

ABOUT PEOPLE’S BIODIVERSITY REGISTER

• The People’s Biodiversity Register serves as a comprehensive record of various aspects of biodiversity, including the conservation of habitats, preservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals, micro-organisms, and the accumulation of knowledge related to the area’s biological diversity.
• As per the Biological Diversity Act 2002, Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) are created for “promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity” by local bodies across the country.
• BMCs have been constituted by the local bodies in the States and Union Territories and are entrusted with preparation of the People’s Biodiversity Registers (PBRs), in consultation with local communities.