India, May 25 -- The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) recently published insights gleaned from the First National Report on the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS).

The MoEFCC had submitted this national report to the secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) on February 27, 2026.

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization pertains to the CBD adopted globally in 1992.

However, the national report is difficult to follow, and the ministry hopes that the insights published now will help strengthen institutional coordination and increase awareness among stakeholder in the future.

The insi...