The State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs)

♤ The State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs) focus on advising the State Governments on matters relating to the conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of its components and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of biological resources;

♤ The SSBs also regulate, by granting of approvals or otherwise requests for commercial utilization or biosurvey and bio-utilization of any biological resource by Indians.

♤ The local level Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)

♤ The local level Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs) are responsible for promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity.