Biodiversity Conservation And Wild Life Ques 125

Question: How does National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) help in protecting the Indian agriculture?
  1. NBA checks the biopiracy and protects the indigenous and traditional genetic resources.
  2. NBA directly monitors and supervises the scientific research on genetic modification of crop plants.
  3. Application for Intellectual Property Rights related to genetic/biological resources cannot be made without the approval of NBA. Which of the statements given above is /are correct?

Options:

A) 1 only

B) 2 and 3

C) 1 and 3

D) 1, 2 and 3

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

  • National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) checks the biopiracy and protects the indigeneous and traditional genetic resources. It directly monitors and supervises the scientific research on genetic modification of crop plants application for intellectual property Rights related to genetic biological resources cannot be made without the approval of NBA.