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Bihar State Biodiversity Board
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State Biodiversity Vision

  • All landscapes and ecosystems in Bihar are restored to and sustained with healthy biodiversity status, fostering ecological balance, environment protection and sustainable development;
  • The biodiversity heritage of the State is preserved and enriched to natural potential;
  • The State is secured in respect of biodiversity, ecology and environment, ensuring sustainable use of bioresources enabling overall societal wellbeing with equity and inclusiveness; and,
  • The State endures holistic harmony with nature.

Organisational Vision of BSBB

In pursuance of the above State Biodiversity Vision, the Bihar State Biodiversity Board excels –

  • As effective nodal expert organization in the field of biodiversity for implementation of the policies and laws regarding biodiversity conservation, and
  • In assisting the State's constitutional and administrative authorities, public and private sector organisations, stakeholders of industry and commerce and society at large in the endeavours for furtherance of biodiversity conservation.

Biodiversity agenda intersects with many domains and sectors in the State's affairs; hence the Vision, Mission & Goals of the State are stated in the forefront to set the Vision and Mission & Goals of BSBB.

Mission & Goals

State Biodiversity Mission & Goals

  1. To maintain updated knowledge about relevant dimensions and aspects of biodiversity in respect of landscapes and ecological regions, and domains of agriculture, animal husbandry, fishery and forestry.
  2. To achieve biodiversity related targets under the Global Convention and national law, policy and strategy as applicable in respect of the State regarding:
    • Reducing human induced loss of native biodiversity in agriculture and horticulture crop landraces and varieties, livestock breeds, fish species, and flora and fauna in the wild realm.
    • Conserving habitats of biodiversity heritage – in the natural and quasi-natural eco-regions of plateaux and hills, forests, rivers, wetlands and floodplains, and intensely human interfered landscapes of agro-ecosystems and human settlements in rural and urban settlements;
    • Ensuring sustainable use of biological resources with enhanced equity and participation of local community related to regulating the access to biodiversity resources and share in the benefits from their commercial use and indigenous traditional knowledge through enabled local self government bodies.
  3. To mainstream the biodiversity action agenda in governance and management systems with appropriate reforms and adaptations in scientific, technological, political, and economic domains.

Biodiversity agenda widely intersects with many domains and sectors in the State's affairs; hence the Vision, Mission & Goals of the State have to be set in the forefront to derivatively set the core of the Vision and most of the Mission & Goals of BSBB.

Organisational Mission & Goals of BSBB

  1. To compile, generate and update comprehensive information and knowledge about biodiversity in Bihar, and preserve the same for dissemination and utilisation for planning and execution of measures for conservation of biodiversity, maintenance of ecological balance and protection of environment.
  2. To identify the native species, landraces, breeds in agriculture and allied domains, and flora and fauna in the forests, rivers and wetlands and open natural ecosystems facing threats of local extinction, and steer statutory and other appropriate measures for conservation of the same.
  3. To enable conservation of sites of significant biodiversity attributes across all landscapes by declaration as Biodiversity Heritage Sites and by other appropriate measures.
  4. To support the local self government entities of rural and urban areas in conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity resources through their Biodiversity Management Committees.
  5. To enhance the implementation of Access Benefit Sharing system as per law and policy in the commercial use of biodiversity resources and related traditional indigenous knowledge to fair and equitable advantage of the community, with focus on the tribal groups and deprived sections.
  6. To promote enterpreneurship development of local community in sustainable commercial use of bio-resources through incubation, innovation and market shaping in collaboration with expert organisations.
  7. To provide actionable knowledge and advisory inputs for supporting the organizations of State Government and the public and private sector stakeholders in collaboratively ensuring that the processes of development and practices in spheres of agriculture and allied sectors, industry, infrastructure, urban affairs and tourism support biodiversity conservation.
  8. To facilitate institutional reforms, adaptations and transformative changes necessary to pilot the direction of economic growth so that the biodiversity conservation agenda converges with objectives and targets of overall economic development of the State with outcomes leading to the desirable wellbeing of the society conforming to sustainable development.
  9. To support, sponsor and undertake research, development and demonstration in relevant aspects of biodiversity agenda.
  10. To generate community involvement and action for biodiversity conservation through awareness and citizen science activities.
  11. To augment association of the student and youth community in biodiversity action agenda through curricular and extra-curricular engagements in collaboration with academic institutions.
  12. To support women involvement in biodiversity conservation agenda and also in local entrepreneurship for commercial use of bio-resources in sustainable manner.
  13. To strengthen the Bihar State Biodiversity Board in all-round organisational competence in its functioning for excellence in performance of the mandated functions and tasks.
  14. To establish and anchor alliances and network of organisations for collaboration and synergy in the interest of biodiversity action agenda in the State.
  15. To formulate and update the State policy, strategy and action plan for biodiversity conservation in pursuance of the mission and goals stated here above and aligned with national policies, strategy and action plan and the targets.

Biodiversity agenda widely intersects with many domains and sectors in the State's affairs; hence the Vision, Mission & Goals of the State have to be set in the forefront to derivatively set the core of the Vision and most of the Mission & Goals of BSBB.

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