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♤ Increase in the forest and tree cover.
♤ Involvement of local communities in the protection, conservation and management of forests through Joint Forest Management Programme.
♤ Meeting the requirement of fuel wood, fodder minor forest produce and small timber of the rural and tribal populations.
♤ Conservation of Biological Diversity and Genetic Resources of the country through ex-situ and in-situ conservation measures.
♤ Significant contribution in maintenance of environment and ecological stability in the country.
25.4. BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY ACT, 2002
♤ The Biological Diversity Act 2002 was born out of India’s attempt to realize the objectives enshrined in the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) 1992 which recognizes the sovereign rights of states to use their own Biological Resources.
♤ An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.