A. |
Member appointed as Chairperson |
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Professor Arun Kumar Sharma,
Department of Botany, University of Calcutta |
Chairman |
B. |
Ex-officio members appointed under clause (b) of sub-section (4) of section 22 |
a. |
Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Department of Environment |
Member |
b. |
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests,
Wild Life and Biodiversity & Chief Wild Life Warden
Directorate of Forests ,Government of West Bengal |
Member |
c. |
Secretary to the Government of West Bengal,
Department of Agriculture,Government of West Bengal |
Member |
d. |
Principal Secretary to the Government of West Bengal, Department of Panchayet and Rural Development Government of West Bengal |
Member |
e. |
Member Secretary,
West Bengal Pollution Control Board |
Member
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C. |
Experts under clause (e) of sub-section (4) of section 22 |
a. |
Prof. N. D. Paria
Department of Botany
Ballygunj Science College, University of Calcutta |
Member |
b. |
Prof. Pulak Lahiri
Department of Zoology
Ballygunj Science College, University of Calcutta |
Member |
c. |
Director
Zoological Survey of India |
Member |
d. |
Director
Botanical Survey of India |
Member |
e. |
Chairman
West Bengal Pollution Control Board |
Member |
D. |
Permanent invitees to the Board |
a. |
A. Basu Roy Chowdhury
Additional PCCF (Working Plan & Monitoring) |
Permanent Invitee Member |
b. |
Vice Chancellor
Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya |
Permanent Invitee Member |
c. |
Director
Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, Barrackpore |
Permanent Invitee Member |
d. |
Dr. Ajit Banerjee
Ex-senior Forestry Expert, World Bank |
Permanent Invitee Member |
e. |
Prof. Ambarish Mukherjee
Department of Botany, Burdwan University |
Permanent Invitee Member |
f. |
Chief Environment Officer
Department of Environment, Government of West Bengal |
Permanent Invitee Member |
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To advise the West Bengal 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.
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To regulate by granting of approvals or otherwise requests for commercial utilisation or bio-survey and bio-utilisation of any biological resource by Indians.
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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 detrimental biodiversity related activities, transferring the results of research related 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
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any endangered taxa, or taxa that are likely to become threatened due to such access;
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any endemic and rare species;
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may likely result in adverse effect on the livelihoods of the local people;
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may result in adverse environmental impact difficult to control and mitigate;
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may cause genetic erosion affecting the ecosystem;
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may cause destruction of any biological resources;
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may be for use of resources for purposes contrary to national interest and other related international agreements entered into by India.
