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ASSAM STATE BIODIVERSITY BOARD
An Autonomous Statutory Body of Environment & Forest Department,
Government of Assam
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Access and Benefit Sharing
  1. Access of biological resources for research purposes
    2. Procedure for access:

    Application addressed to the Member Secretary, Assam State Biodiversity Board in the prescribed Format-I along with the detail research proposal, funding details and CV of the Principal Investigator.

    Status of Access Approvals for Research Purposes

  2. Access of biological resources for Commercial purposes
    3. Procedure for access:
    Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for commercial users of ‘Biological Resources’ for Access & Benefit Sharing (ABS) Mechanism in Assam - download here
    1. Format-I: Format- I_ABS Application for Commercial utilization of biological resources - download here
    2. Form A: Information to be furnished for use of Biological Resources by the Applicant (Self Disclosure)- download here
  3. Status of Access and Benefit Sharing compliance in Assam
  4. Certificate of Compliance issued u/s 7 of the Biological Diversity Act 2002

    5. Model Agreement (MAT)-Download

  5. Useful ABS Resources
    1. Biological Resources notified as normally traded commodities under Secction-40 of the Biological Diversity Act-2002 (Exemptions)
      1. MoEFCC Gazette notification no. S.O. 1352(E) dated 7th April 2016
      2. MoEFCC Gazette notification no. S.O. 3533(E) dated 7th November 2017
      3. MoEFCC Gazette notification no. S.O. 3232(E) dated 17th December 2014
        1. Annexure-I
    2. Guidelines for Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefit Sharing Regulations 2014
    3. Draft Guidelines for Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefit Sharing Regulations 2019