Celebrating the International Day for Biodiversity, Angul-based NGO Nature Environment and Wildlife Society (NEWS) on Thursday last organised a seminar with theme “Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) and People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)” at lakhanpur village near Angul.
Honorary wildlife warden, Angul, Prasanna Kumar Behera, social activists Pradeep Kumar Sahu, Sushil Pradhan, local community leaders Dhobei Pradhan, Birendra Pradhan and Suresh Chandra Sahu attended the programme and spoke on people’s involvement in biodiversity conservation.
Behera made Vana Surakshya Samiti members and village community leaders aware of institutional frameworks like the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), the State Biodiversity Board (SBB) and the Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) and gave details on the importance of People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR).
Around 100 village leaders participated in the function and pledged to protect the local biodiversity in a sustainable manner.