Hon'ble Minister of Forest and Environment, Government of Meghalaya, Shri James P.K. Sangma launched the Mobile and Web Applications of the Meghalaya People's Biodiversity Register (PBR) for the Meghalaya Biodiversity Board on the 24th February 2022 in a program organised at the Conference Hall of the Main Secretariat Shillong. Meghalaya PBR is an inventory of rich flora and fauna of the State to be organised village-wise together with the village credentials including the Biodiversity Management Committee (BMC) of each village. The PBR Web App was developed by NIC to update and enrich the inventory database of biological resources of the State whereas the Mobile App can be used not only by domain related officials but by the general public to complement and supplement capturing data for documentation of our rich biological heritage which will help in fair and equitable sharing of benefits with our villages (bioresource owners) through the Biodiversity Management Committees. Hon'ble Minister applauded the technological intervention in this respect with the efforts made by NIC and Meghalaya Biodiversity Board. He reiterated that every State developmental plan should consider its rich biodiversity and also try to conserve the same. The web application will come in handy as a ready reference for all conservation efforts.
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Hon'ble Minister of Forest & Environment, Meghalaya launches the Mobile and Web Applications for the Meghalaya People's Biodiversity Register
From April 2022 • Informatics, National Informatics Centre