Chennai, June 27 -- In a major step towards strengthening biodiversity conservation in the country, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) has come out with a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for notification of threatened species under Section 38 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The SOP aims to facilitate a uniform, transparent and scientifically robust process for the identification, assessment and notification of threatened species by States and union Territories.
India is one of the world's mega diverse countries, harbouring a rich variety of plants, animals and ecosystems. However, species are becoming threatened by habitat degradation, overexploitation, pollution, invasive alien species and climate change. Conserving thes...