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The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 was enacted to fulfill India’s obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity and seeks to ensure conservation of biological resources, sustainable use, and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of such resources and associated traditional knowledge. The concept of benefit sharing is central to the Act and reflects the principle that local communities and traditional knowledge holders should be compensated when their resources or knowledge are commercially utilized. The provisions relating to benefit sharing are primarily embodied in Sections 21 and related rules, and are administered through the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs), and Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs). Section 21 of the Act empowers the National Biodiversity Authority to ensure equitable benefit sharing when it grants approvals for access to biological resources or associated knowledge for commercial utilization, bio-survey, or bio-utilization. The provision allows the NBA to impose terms and conditions that secure benefit sharing between the applicant and the benefit claimers, who are usually local communities conserving the biological resources or ___ _____ _______ ______ _________ _____ __________ __________ _____ ________ _____.
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