Science, Discovery, Tech and Environment · 23 July 2026
India Launches Campus Biodiversity Register Initiative
Exam-focused facts from the 23 July 2026 current affairs briefing.
Key facts
- The Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) and the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) launched a nationwide initiative to create Campus Biodiversity Registers (CBR) for higher education institutions.
- The CBR is inspired by the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) and aims to document flora and fauna within college and university campuses.
- Participating institutions can register until November 2026, and the documentation will conclude in June 2027.
- Biodiversity will be recorded using platforms iNaturalist, eBird, and SeasonWatch over a one-year period.
- The initiative seeks to contribute to global biodiversity databases and help institutions manage their campus ecosystems.