[totaldonations]

Tag: Biodiversity

Celebrating Culture and Heritage Enabling Human Rights Living Sustainably Managing Waste Planning for Development Infrastructure Preserving Air, Water, and Land from Pollution Protecting Nature and Wildlife Safeguarding Agriculture and Food Uncategorized

Curtorim becomes Goa’s first village to set up office for Biodiversity Panel

In November 2018, Curtorim became Goa’s first village to set up its own Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) office, located within the premises of the old government school. Not only this, the village was also the first to get its people’s biodiversity register validated. Kudos to the village BMC! https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/curtorim-becomes-goas-1st-village-to-set-up-office-for-biodiversity-panel/articleshow/66643390.cms

21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

Ray of hope for Curtorim’s flora and fauna

As of April 2018, Curtorim was on its way to being declared a biodiversity heritage site (BHS) under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002. A proposal for this was prepared by the Curtorim Biodiversity Management Committee and by means of a presentation, local stakeholders were informed about the proposal and had given their approval for the…

Read More
21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

Goa Introduces Tags to Protect Biodiversity Zones

The Goa State Biodiversity Board (GSBB) has recently come up with a tagging system to ensure communities residing within biodiversity zones get Access Benefit Share from products whose ingredients are sourced from these zones. As per this system, such products will be tagged and the sellers are required to pay 0.01% of their annual profits…

Read More
21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

Divar’s Green Warrior

Hycintha Aguiar, a 24 year old biologist based in Divar Island, is the chairperson of a local biodiversity management committee and is documenting DIvar island’s biodiversity in the People’s Biodiversity Register, in consultation with the local community. By involving local community members, including school children, she hopes to build ownership and bring people back in…

Read More
21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson

ACTforGOA

info@actforgoa.org

ActforGoa is envisioned as a platform belonging to everyone who loves Goa. The content you find here is the collective work of a vast array of people.
ActforGoa will strive to promote content that is well meaning and factual, and will censor personal attacks, slander or attempts at defamation.


Follow us

  • location1
  • location3
  • location4

Don’t miss the latest updates

Be part of the ACTforGOA community

Copyright © 2018 ActforGoa. All Rights Reserved.