DORVU/E/2019/02931

To,
1. Chairman, National Biodiversity Authority
2. State Biodiversity Board, Gujarat & Maharashtra
Subject: Live stock export without permission of BMC - SBB - NBA.
Greetings,
Kindly refer to the National Biodiversity Authority explanation vide their letter No.
NBA/Law/RTI/31/1/14/19-20/2917 dated 12-12-2019, as reproduced below:
As per the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 any entity or organization registered abroad or
registered in India with non - Indian participation in its share capital or management, if involving
in export of livestock for research or for commercial utilization or bio - survey and bio -
utilization, then such entity or person shall obtain the prior permission of National Biodiversity
Authority.
Office of the Commissioner of Customs confirmed vides their Order No. S/20-08/AA/RTI/19-
20/4078 dated 27-11-2019 that:
Details of Livestock exported from Old Tuna Port during last three years:
Goats - 643564, Sheep - 401278.
Livestock have been exported from Old Tuna port to the following Countries:
U.A.E / Oman,
No such information is available as per record:
Bureau of Indian Standards approval of vessels to carry livestock by sea, confirm their present
status.
Define the role of Animal Welfare Board of India with National Biodiversity Authority in livestock
export.
Confirmation - certificate as livestock shifted up to yard for export in a specified vehicle
approved by Bureau of Indian Standards.
Copies of Pre-transport permit as per section 96 of Cattle Transport Rules 1978 obtained for all
species of livestock exported.
Copies of No objection issued by NBA & AWBI for livestock exported from India.
Whereas Guidelines on Access to Biological Resources and Associated Knowledge and Benefits
Sharing Regulations, 2014 needs immediate attention for recovery from the exporters of
biological resources, amending essential conditions including as stated by NBA, under
intimation to Scouts & Guides for Animals & Birds.
Yours in Scouting’s,
Naresh Kadyan, Member, IUCN Commission on Education & Communication