Most of the BMCs do not even file their annual reports to the State Biodiversity Board. There would also be situations when biodiversity conservation and development agenda come into conflict with each other in local bodies. The State board should intervene and bring in structural changes to the committees to make them active, he said. S.C. Joshi, Chairman, Kerala State Biodiversity Board, said there is an urgent need to structurally and technically strengthen BMCs in the State. Working groups were created in local bodies to formulate biodiversity conservation projects.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2019 17:37 UTC