State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) are to be established under Section 22 of the Act. Accordingly, in all the 29 States, SBBs have been established..

Biodiversity Management Committees are to be established under Section 41 of the Act at local level.  The BMCs play a vital role in documenting biodiversity, their sustainable use and in dealing with Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) issues.

For effective implementation of the Biological Diversity Act notifications / guidelines are issued from time to time with the able guidance of experts in the field. Notifications were issued covering Threatened species, Collaborative research project national repositories etc., for implementation of the BD Act.