Biodiversity Heritage Site
#GS-03 Biodiversity
For Prelims:
Biodiversity Heritage Site:
Biodiversity Heritage Sites are areas that are unique, ecologically fragile ecosystems – terrestrial, coastal, inland and marine waters – having a rich biodiversity.
| Sl No | Biodiversity Heritage Site (BHS) | District/State |
| 1. | Nallur Tamarind Grove | Bangalore, Karnataka |
| 2. | Hogrekan | Chikmagalur, Karnataka |
| 3. | University of Agricultural Sciences, Bengaluru | Karnataka |
| 4. | Ambaraguda | Karnataka |
| 5. | Glory of Allapalli | Maharashtra |
| 6. | Tonglu BHS and Dhotrey BHS under the Darjeeling Forest Division | Darjeeling, West Bengal |
| 7. | Dialong Village | Manipur |
| 8. | Ameenpur lake | Telangana |
| 9. | Majuli | Assam |
| 10. | Gharial Rehabilitation Centre | Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh |
| 11. | Chilkigarh Kanak Durga | West Bengal |
| 12. | Khlaw Kur Syiem KmieIng | Meghalaya |
| 13. | Purvatali Rai | Goa |
| 14. | Mandasaru | Odisha |
| 15. | Naro Hills | Madhya Pradesh |
| 16. | Patalkot | Madhya Pradesh |
| 17. | Asramam | Kerala |
| 18. | Arittapatti and Meenakshipuram villages | Madurai, Tamil Nadu |
Biological Diversity Act, 2002:
- Biodiversity Act 2002 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to conserve biological diversity in India.
- The act was passed on February 5, 2003, and commenced on October 1, 2003, and July 1, 2004.
- Biodiversity Act 2002 is the first attempt in India to legislate the conservation of biodiversity.
As per Section 37 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002,
- State Governments can notify in the official gazette, in consultation with ‘local bodies’, areas of biodiversity importance as BHS.
- State Government in consultation with the Central Government may frame rules for the management and conservation of BHS.
- State Governments can frame schemes for compensating or rehabilitating anyone economically affected by such notification.
Biodiversity:
- Biodiversity is the variation among living organisms from different sources including terrestrial, marine and desert ecosystems, and the ecological complexes of which they are a part.
Types of Biodiversity:
There are the following three different types of biodiversity:
- Genetic Biodiversity
- Species Biodiversity
- Ecological Biodiversity
Source “Tamil Nadu gets its first biodiversity heritage site“
