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Daily News Analysis ‘People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR)’: 6 July

Thazhakara has become the first panchayat in Alappuzha, the first in Kerala to update and publish a comprehensive People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) with the involvement of local communities.

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About People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR):

  • It is a comprehensive record documenting various aspects of biodiversity, including the conservation of habitats, and preservation of local agricultural varieties, and domesticated animals.
    • It also includes various fauna reeds, micro-organisms, and the accumulation of knowledge related to the area’s biological diversity.
  • Kerala is the first state in India to have a Biodiversity Register across all the local bodies.
  • Presently Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs)  have prepared more than 2.5 lakhs of PRBs across the country.
    • BMCs are set up under the Biological Diversity Act 2002 to promote conservation and document biological diversity by preparing PBRs in collaboration with local communities across states and Union Territories.
  • There is a plan to establish PBRs in every village across the country under Mission LiFE (Lifestyle for Environment). 
    • Mission LiFE promotes the conservation of planet Earth through the mindful use of natural resources and various community and individual actions nationwide.

Why in the News?

  • Thazhakara has become the first panchayat in Alappuzha, the first in Kerala to update and publish a comprehensive People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) with the involvement of local communities.
  • This update of PBR reveals a decline in Indian black turtles, Indian garden lizards, barn owls, and Indian flying foxes, largely attributed to poaching and other factors.