Shri Satyabrata Sahu, IAS
Additional Chief Secretary
Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department
Govt. of Odisha
Dr. Meeta Biswal, IFS
PCCF-cum-Chairman
Odisha Biodiversity Board
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ODISHA BIODIVERSITY BOARD
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Odisha Biodiversity Board is a statutory body established in the year 2009 u/s Section 22 of the Biological Diversity Act 2002 under the administrative control of the Forest, Environment & Climate Change Department, Government of Odisha. The prime objective of the Board is to implement various provisions of the Biological Diversity Act 2002 and Rules 2004, Odisha Biological Diversity Rules 2012 and other relevant rules and guidelines framed at national and state level. The mandate of the Board is the conservation of biodiversity, sustanable use of its components and fair & equitable sharing of benefits arising out of the use of bioresources and associated tradtional knowledge.
Government of Odisha constituted the Board vide Govt. Order No. 10F (TR)-61/2008-18823/F&E, dated 11.11.2009, reconstituted in 2012 vide Govt. Order No. OBB-19/2012-20674 dated: 07-11-2012, in 2015 vide notification no. 10F (TR) 42/2015/20859/F&E, Bhubaneswar, dated 26.11.15, in 2018 vide Notification no. Env-II-45/2018/25809/F&Edated 30.11.2018. The Board is recently re-constituted by the State Government vide Notification no. FE-ENV2-ENV-0009-2018-21337/FE&CC dated 6.12.21. The Board is headed by the Chairperson and other ten members from Government Departments and eminent persons academicians, researchers, civil society groups etc. .
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Structure of Odisha Biodiversity Board
(Notification no. FE-ENV2-ENV-0009-2018-21337/FE&CC dated 6.12.21)
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Name
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Designation
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1
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Dr. Meeta Biswal, IFS
Principal Chief Conservator of Forests
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Chairman
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2
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Secretary, Department of Agriculture and Farmers' Empowerment, Government of Odisha
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Member
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3
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Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Government of Odisha
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Member
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4
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Principal Chief Conservator of Forests (Wildlife & Chief Wild Life Warden), Government of Odisha
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Member
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5
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Director, Environment-cum-Special Secretary to Government, Forest, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Odisha
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Member
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6
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Dr. Nihar Ranjan Nayak, Senior Scientist, Regional Plant Resource Centre, Bhubaneswar
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Member Secretary
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7
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Dr. Sudarsan Panda, IFS
Former PCCF and Project Director, OFSDP, Government of Odisha
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Member
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8
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Prof. Lalita Mohan Garnayak
Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Agronomy, College of Agriculture, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar
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Member
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9
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Prof. Nrusingha Charan Behura
Former professor, Odisha University of Agriculture & Technology, Bhubaneswar
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Member
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10
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Dr. Pratap Chandra Panda
Professor, Centre for BioTechnology, SOA, University
Former Principal Scientist, RPRC, Bhubaneswar
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Member
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11
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Representative, MS Swaminathan Research Foundation HO: Taramani, Chennai Regional Office: Jeypore, Koraput
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Member
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Non-official members of the board hold office for a term of three years from the date of reconstituion.
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