Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board is working to implement regulations for using bio-resources. This would affect more than 10,000 industries of the State.
As per the regulations made in the year 2014, the industries would be asked to pay a part of their income for sustainable use of bio-resources.
After the industries would follow the regulations, Rs 2000 crore would be collected from them annually and this would be used for maintaining bio-resources and their sustainability.
The Biodiversity Act -2002 has provision of collection of money from the industries which use bio- resources and in the year 2014 Ministry of Central Environment and Forest issued guidelines regarding the same. The National Green Tribunal recommended collecting part of income from industries.
The state would be among the pioneer states to implement to guidelines provided by the ministry. The industries which are involved in manufacturing of bidi, jaggery, sugar, liquor, clothes of cotton and all those industries which use bio-resources would be liable to pay part of their income.
According to the regulations the part of the income for Rs 1 crore turn over would be 0.1 percent, from Rs 1 crore to Rs 3 crore would be 0.2 percent and above Rs 3 crore would be 0.5 per cent.
The biodiversity board would implement regulations laid in the year 2014.
Additional Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (APCCF) and member Secretary of Madhya Pradesh State Biodiversity Board (MPSDB) R Srinivasa Murthy said that 88 traders and manufacturers of Shivpuri and Sheopur Kalan have agreed and more such awareness and educative camps would be organised as it is important to make the people understand the importance of conserving biodiversity.
Conservation of biodiversity, sustainable use of bio-resources and equitable and benefit sharing are important as those using the resources hold the responsibility of sustainable use of resources but they are not willing to help in the controlling the damage as they are not aware of the harm they are doing, he added.
Earlier in the year 2012 under the act around 800 industries of the state were issued notices by the Board but the industrialists refused to pay after which the Board took the matter to court and court gave decision in favour of board.