The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has notified the Natural History Museum (NHM) in Mizoram as India’s 21st Designated Repository under the Biological Diversity Act.
Key Highlights
The notification was issued on June 19 on the recommendation of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA).
Established in 2022 under Mizoram University in Aizawl, the museum is strategically located within the Indo-Burma Biodiversity Hotspot, one of the world’s richest biodiversity regions, and has developed specialised expertise in taxonomy.
According to the Environment Ministry, the museum’s expertise in pteridophytes, macrofungi, moths, beetles and other lesser-studied taxa fills an important gap in India’s network of Designated Repositories and strengthens the scientific documentation of the region’s rich biodiversity.
Designated Repositories constitute an important component of India’s biodiversity governance framework by preserving authenticated biological specimens accessed under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The designation advances National Biodiversity Target 4 of India’s National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan (2024-2030) by strengthening ex situ conservation and the conservation of genetic diversity, in line with Target 4 of the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Source: PIB
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