-Sarthak Wadhwa * I. Introduction A. Prologue: The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 Last month, the Lok Sabha passed the Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Bill, 2021 (“the Bill”)[1]– after two rounds of consultation with the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change (“the Standing Committee”).[2] Introduced before the Lower House […]Read More
The Indian Parliament passed the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (hereinafter called BD Act 2002) on February 5, 2003, which seeks to address the preservation of biological diversity, long-term use of its constituents, and equitable distribution of the benefits derived from the use of biological resources occurring in the country, especially when biological resources are accessed […]Read More
Accessing Biological Resources in Karnataka: Why Should Entites Comply? Sairam Bhat , Raghav Parthasarathy and Rohith Kamath [1] ‘Ignorantia juris non excusat’ is a Latin maxim, which translates to ‘ignorance of law is no excuse’. This maxim is not only an ancient brocard but also imbibes one of the fundamental principles developed in the legal […]Read More
The UNDP-GEF-NLSIU Project on Strengthening human resources, legal frameworks and institutional capacities to implement the Nagoya protocol was a Three Year project that specifically aimed at assisting the countries in the development and strengthening of their national ABS frameworks, human resources and administrative capabilities to implement the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing.Read More
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