From the Hindu, the Chairman of the National Biodiversity Authority, Mr. S. Kannaiyan has announced the initiation of steps to create “a Biodiversity Information System, a meta database of biodiversity and bio-resources in the country”
The Union Government has allotted Rs. 10 crore for carrying out a pilot project in this regard.
The system will link all the databases and information sources related to bio-diversity and bio-resources including plant, animal, marine and microbial resources in various parts of the country.
Research scientists, policy makers and common man will be able to get information at a single point after the creation of the system.
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