India submits first Nagoya Protocol implementation report to Convention on Biological Diversity

Key facts

• India filed its first national report on Nagoya Protocol implementation with the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity on 27 February 2026.
• The report covers implementation from 1 November 2017 to 31 December 2025 and fulfills monitoring obligations under Article 29 of the protocol.
• India’s access and benefit sharing framework operates under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, supported by the Biological Diversity Rules, 2024, and the Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations, 2025.
• More than 276,653 Biodiversity Management Committees have been established nationwide to support biodiversity governance and benefit sharing with local communities.
• Between 2017 and 2025, India issued 12,830 approvals under its access and benefit sharing framework, with 5,913 granted by the National Biodiversity Authority and 6,917 by State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils.
• India published 3,556 Internationally Recognised Certificates of Compliance on the Access and Benefit Sharing Clearing-House, representing over 60 percent of the global total under the Nagoya Protocol.
• The National Biodiversity Authority mobilised ₹216.31 crore and distributed ₹139.69 crore to benefit claimers including Biodiversity Management Committees, farmers, local communities, and holders of traditional knowledge.
• State Biodiversity Boards and Union Territory Biodiversity Councils generated ₹51.96 crore through approvals granted to Indian entities.
• Non-monetary outcomes under 395 approvals included training, technology transfer, collaborative research, and capacity-building initiatives.
• The National Biodiversity Authority received 41 declarations in Form 10 related to the use of foreign biological resources under Rule 18 of the Biological Diversity Rules, 2024, and Section 36A of the Biological Diversity Act.
• A total of 256,393 individuals participated in 3,724 workshops and programmes, with over 600 additional initiatives supporting biodiversity governance across the country.