The National Biodiversity Authority has invited comments to revise the Guidelines on Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefits Sharing Regulations, 2014 better known as the ABS Guidelines, 2014. The notice has cited the recent amendments to the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 (see here) and Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 (see here) as the reason to revise the 2014 guidelines but does not specify who the signatory officer is or when the notice was published online. The comments are invited by December 17, 2024.

Interested readers can share their comments on secretary[at]NBA[dot]nic[dot]in.

Our previous posts on the ABS guidelines can be accessed here.

A bit thanks to Alphonsa Jojan for sharing this development with us.