As per the draft Kerala Biological Diversity Rules the constitution
of BMCs would be as follows:
(1) Every local body shall constitute a Biodiversity
Management Committee within its area of jurisdiction. Accordingly,
Biodiversity Management Committees are to be constituted at all
Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations.
(2) The Biodiversity Management Committees constituted under Sub
Rule (1) shall consist of a Chairperson and not more than six
members nominated by the local body, of whom, not less than one
third shall be women and not less than 18% should belong to Scheduled
castes/ Scheduled tribes. The six persons being so nominated shall
include herbalists, agriculturists, Non-Timber Forest Produces
collectors/traders, fisher folk, representatives of user associations,
community workers, academicians and any person/ representative
of organization, on whom the local body trusts that he can significantly
contribute to the mandate of the Biodiversity Management Committee.
The proportion of members belonging to the Scheduled Caste and
Scheduled Tribe shall not be less than Scheduled Caste / Scheduled
Tribe percentage of the district, where such a committee is set
up. All the above should be residents with in the said local body
limits and be in the voters list.
(3) The local body shall nominate six special invitees from forest,
agriculture, animal husbandry, livestock, health, fisheries and
education departments.
(4) The Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall
be Chairperson of the local body and the Secretary of the local
body shall be the member Secretary of the Biodiversity Management
Committee, who will maintain all the records. The Chairperson
of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall have the casting
vote in case of a tie.
(5) The Chairperson of the Biodiversity Management Committee shall
have a tenure of three years.
(6) The local Member of the Legislative Assembly and Member of
Parliament would be special invitees to the meetings of the Biodiversity
Management Committees at different levels.
(7) A technical support group comprising of experts in the field
of biodiversity drawn from government agencies, Non Governmental
Organizations, academic field, community and individuals shall
be established by District Panchayat/District administration.
The expert group shall lend support to Biodiversity Management
Committees.
(8) The key mandate of the Biodiversity Management Committees
will be to ensure conservation, utilization and equitable sharing
of benefits from the biodiversity. The Biodiversity Management
Committees shall facilitate preparation of people’s Biodiversity
Registers at District, Block and Village Panchayat/ Municipality/
Municipal Corporation levels by the respective Biodiversity Management
Committees using the process and the format set by the Board.
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