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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

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…

21 September 2019 by Jill Ferguson