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Government Of Assam Environment & Forest Assam State Biodiversity Board

Citizen Charter

  • Citizens Charter of the Assam State Biodiversity Board

    VISION

    Bountiful, secured and economically rewarding biological diversity.

    MISSION

    Ownership rights to people for conservation and wise-use of local biological resources and equitable sharing of benefits on commercial utilisation.

    WHO WE ARE

    Assam StateBiodiversity Board is an autonomous andstatutory body created by the Government ofAssam in exercise of powers conferred under sub-section (I) of Section 22 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (Act 18 of 2003). The Board wasnotified on 29th September-2010, to promote biodiversity conservation, sustainable use of its components and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of commercial use of biological resources orassociated traditional knowledge. The headquarter of the Board is located at Guwahati.

    OUR OBJECTIVES

    Promote conservation and sustainable utilization of biological resources.

    Inventory  biological richness at local level and  record  in Peoples’ Biodiversity Registers

    Devise and  decide strategies for conservation and  sustainable use of biological resources

    Develop framework for equitable  sharing of benefit arising out of  use  of  biological resources

    Promote  awareness and  research

    OUR MANDATE

    The primary mandate of the Board is to collaborate with a range of partners to ensure biodiversity conservation, sustainable use and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of bio-resources. As a body corporate under the Biodiversity Act, the Board is mandated to:

    Provide for regulated access to bio-resources for commercial purpose by Indian Nationals.

    Facilitate documentation of biodiversity and associated knowledge (People's Biodiversity Registers) leading to

    Information on biological

    resources and ensure adequate protection of such knowledge.

    Facilitate awareness and capacity building of partners including Biodiversity Management Committees, NGOs and other agencies.

    Mainstream biodiversity concerns and biodiversity based livelihoods in sectoral policies and planning.

    Strengthen in situ and ex situ conservation of biodiversity including setting-up of biodiversity heritage sites

    Advise the state government on issues of biodiversity conservation, its sustainable use and equitable sharing of benefits.

     

    ACTIVITIES: With the eco-region as the conservation unit, conservation action has been initiated in all of the seven eco-regions of the state. The conservation actions are under the following thematic heads:

     

    Information and documentation

     

    In-situ and ex-situ conservation

     

    Education and awareness

     

    Sustainable use and equitable benefit sharing

     

    Governance

     

    Policy and legal aspects

     

    PROGRAMMES UNDERTAKEN BY US:

    Constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs).

    Preparation of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR).

    Biodiversity Awareness/ Education Programs.

    Biodiversity Research Associate Programme

    Internship Programme on ‘Biodiversity Conservation’

    PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN BY US:

    Biodiversity Assessment Study of proposed 132 KV S/C west Phileng-Marpara Transmission Line (Dampa Tiger Reserve), Mizoram”

    Study the Diversity of Spiders of Upper Assam with special reference to KNP.

    Inventory and Documentation of Insect Fauna of Assam from existing entomological resources/ information

    Documentation of the commonly traded Rare and Endemic Wild Edible Bio-Resources from the Local Markets of Central Assam, India.

    Study on the Fish Diversity in Brahmaputra River inside Assam to identify the threatened species, evaluate and determine their present conservation status and needs.

    Preparation of Assam Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan”

    Assam Biodiversity Portal

    Five (5) short documentaries on the themes: Subsistence value of Forests, Traditional Knowledge, Human-Animal Conflict, Trades in NTFP and Life of a Forest Guard.

    ONGOING PROJECTS:

    Plant Diversity Assessment of Dima Hasao district in Assam.

    Enhancing Conservation efforts  in Hoolangapar Gibbong Wildlife Sanctuary

    Development of a Digital PBR Database.

    Nature Learning Centre (NLC), Assam.

    Documentation of tradable bio-resources and associated traditional knowledge from the local communities of Assam for establishing Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) Provisions.

    PUBLICATIONS:

    Publication of a bilingual booklet on Biodiversity Act 2002 and Assam Biodiversity Rules 2010.

    Wonder Island Burhachapori

    Glimpse of Assam

    Assam: Land of Red River & Blue Hills

    Sustainable development (Assamese & English)

    BMC toolkit (Assamese, English & Bengali)

    Story book (Assamese)

    Common Spider from selected Protected Areas of Upper Assam.

    Edible Bio-recourses and Livelihood.

    Wild Orchids of Assam.

    Karbi Anglong, Moving ahead for Biodiversity Conservation

    Brochure on ‘Assam State Biodiversity Board’ (both in Assamese & English)

    Booklet on “Access and Benefit Sharing, a Mechanism for empowering local people” (English)

    DOCUMENTARIES:

    Biodiversity of Assam and Biological Diversity Act 2002.

    Amulya Jaibaboichitra (Assamese)

    Biodiversity of Assam (English)

    Documentary on ASBB logo

    Five (5) short documentaries on the themes: Subsistence value of Forests, Traditional Knowledge, Human-Animal Conflict,Trades in NTFP and

    Life of a Forest Guard.

    HOW YOU CAN HELP

    To help us perform better, we need you to inform us about any activity which may endanger the biodiversity of the state or suggest any measures which might help enhanced our conservation efforts.

    HOW TO GIVE US FEED BACK

    We welcome comments from our citizens to help us make our service better. Feel free to provide feed backs including complements, suggestions and complaints at our email: assambioboard@gmail.com or you can write at our office address below. We are also available on face book page.

    HOW YOU COULD CONTACT US

    Persons of the Board to be contacted for various purposes:

    Chairperson

    Shri Alok Kumar, IAS,

    Chief Secretary to the Govt. of Assam              

    Email: assambioboard@gmail.com

    Member Secretary

    Mr. A. K. Johari, IFS

    Special Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Biodiversity & Climate Change) Assam

    Email: johari@yahoo.comassambioboard@gmail.com

    FOR FURTHER IMPROVEMENT OF THE CHARTER

    Citizens are welcome to give their comments and suggestions for further improvement of the Charter at following address:

    Assam State Biodiversity Board

    Aranya Bhawan, 2nd Floor, Near Sankardev Kalakshetra, Panjabari, Guwahati-781037

    Email:assambioboard@gmail.com

    Phone: 0361-2333917/2332278

    Fax:0361- 2333788