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COMMITTEE
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GUIDELINES
ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY HERITAGE SITE
MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the date, month, year
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6. |
Process for Identification and
Declaration of Biodiversity Heritage Sites.
State Biodiversity Boards (SBB) shall invite proposals (or
consider those already coming from communities) for
declaration of BHSs, through BMC with widespread
dissemination of information among farmer/fisher/adivasi
associations, rural communities, NGOs, urban group, research
institutions, government agencies, and other organizations,
regarding the provision of BHSs, through locally appropriate
print and/or local media. |
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a. |
Biodiversity Management
Committees in consultation with NGOs and community
institutions shall initiate proposals for declaring
BHSs. |
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SBBs shall screen the proposals based on the
criteria and come up with a list of areas which
shall be designated as the Biodiversity Heritage
Sites. |
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Public discussions with various sections of society
with gender and social representation, in such
discussions amongst the gram sabhas, urban ward
committees, and other relevant local institutions
(including government institutions), regarding
proposals for declaring BHSs. |
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d. |
SBB shall move for issuing a notification through
their respective state governments specifying the
boundaries with proper survey of the BHS in
consultation with BMC. |
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Technical Support Group (TSG) constituted by the SBB
shall facilitate the documentation, conservation and
management. |
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Final notification and announcement for declaring
the BHS shall be made at the state level in an
appropriate manner giving it wide media coverage
particularly in the vernacular language. |
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Management of BHS:
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Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC), which in
addition to their duties defined in the Act, shall
take care of the management of each BHS. |
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b. |
It shall be the responsibility of the BMC to prepare
and implement a management plan for a period of five
to ten years in consultation with SBB and with the
support of TSG. |
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Components of the management plan:
The communities with support from the TSG mentioned in point
No 6 (e) above and with the help of others (if required),
will prepare a management plan for the BHS, through
participatory rural appraisal (PRA) methodology for
implementation |
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SBBs will then approve and implement the
final management plan. |
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Management Action plan shall be reviewed
and modified periodically. |
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Monitoring of BHS: |
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The monitoring committee(s) shall be constituted by
the SBB. |
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This committee shall monitor the implementation of
management plan periodically and submit a report to
the SBB. |
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The monitoring committee shall comprise of the
members (not exceeding 9 individuals) chosen out of
experts/knowledgeable individuals in the field of
conservation |
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The monitoring committee shall have a life of three
years before its reconstitution. |
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Budget
Financial requirement for managing BHS wherever needed shall
be provided by the SBB/any other source of funding. |
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Liaison with National
Biodiversity Authority (NBA)
The SBBs shall keep the NBA informed of the notification of
BHS in their states as well as make available to the NBA all
their management plans and the monitoring reports. |
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