Form Biodiversity heritage sites

 
Having started implementing the provisions of the biological diversity Act, the State Government now has to get to the task of identifying and declaring biodiversity heritage sites. S.Kannaiyan,Chairman,National Biodiversity Authority said the authority was now looking forward to the State Government forming biodiversity heritage sites with as much zeal as it had shown in initiating biodiversity conservation measures envisaged under the Act. The legislation on Biodiversity, enacted in 2002 contained provisions for forming the sites. The heritage sites would be different from the places declared, "protected zones" by the Forest departments under the provisions of Wildlife protection act. The term " Heritage site" covered both wild and domesticated biodiversity and human cultural relations with such biodiversity.

(The Hindu, 19th April 2007)