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The West Bengal Biodiversity Board was formed w.e.f. September 16, 2004 in compliance with the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, as a statutory body under the Department. of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal.

Nature has bestowed our state with a treasure house of bioresources, a lot of which has already been discovered, utilized and lost forever, a lot is still in use and a lot remains to be unfolded and discovered. Covering just 2.7% of the Indian landmass it is home to 12.27% of Indian biodiversity known till date.

The West Bengal Biological Diversity Rules, 2005 were formed w.e.f. 27th January, 2006 in exercise of the power conferred by section 63 of Biological Diversity Act, 2002. It confers legal purview to restrictions on usage of biological resources of the State by the Indian citizens. As such, an application for Access in the prescribed Form to the West Bengal Biodiversity Board has been made mandatory for Indian citizens seeking to obtain biological resources occurring in the State or knowledge associated thereto, for purposes of commercial utilization or bio-survey and bio-utilization.

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Composition of the Board

[vide notification no. 1219/EN/T-II-7-003-ii/2015 dtd. 19/06/2025]

A. Chairperson: Dr. Himadri Sekhar Debnath

B. Ex-officio members:

  • Addl. Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary, Dept. of Environment, Govt. of West Bengal
  • Addl. Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary, Dept. of Agriculture, Govt. of West Bengal or his/her authorised representative not below the rank of Secretary / Director of Agriculture
  • Addl. Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary, Dept. of Panchayat & Rural Development, Govt. of West Bengal or his/her authorised representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary
  • Addl. Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary, Dept. of Fisheries, Govt. of West Bengal or his/her authorised representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary
  • Addl. Chief Secretary / Principal Secretary / Secretary, Dept. of Tribal Development, Govt. of West Bengal or his/her authorised representative not below the rank of Joint Secretary
  • Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife) and Chief Wildlife Warden, Directorate of Forests, Govt. of West Bengal

C. Expert Members:

  • Prof. Prasanta Kumar Sarkar, Professor of State Ayurvedic Medical College, Kolkata
  • Prof. M. Padmavati, Raji Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, IIT Kharagpur
  • Shri Ujjal Ghosh, IFS, Retired Addl. Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, West Bengal
  • Dr. Nina Singh (Roy), Associate Professor, APC Roy Govt. College, Darjeeling

The term of the members of the Board will be upto 30/09/2027

D. Member Secretary:

  • Shri Ram Prasad Badana, IFS