Campus Biodiversity Registers Modelled on People’s Biodiversity Register

Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF), in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), launches a nationwide initiative called Campus Biodiversity Registers (CBRs) to document biodiversity. The initiative is modelled on the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) framework and involves college and university communities across India.

Campus Biodiversity Registers (CBRs):

Dimension	Key Details
Implementing organisations	The initiative is launched by Nature Conservation Foundation (NCF) in collaboration with the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA).
NBA status and roles	NBA is a statutory body that advises, regulates, and facilitates conservation, sustainable use, and fair benefit-sharing of biological resources.
Modelled on	CBRs are inspired by the People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR).
PBR documentation scope	PBR documents bio-resources, landscapes, demography, and traditional knowledge at village, town, and city level.
Coverage and participants	Students, faculty, and staff in college and university campuses across India collectively document biodiversity on their campuses.
CBR objectives	CBRs provide for discovering, documenting, and celebrating biodiversity in campuses, and strengthening conservation awareness and management.
Activities under CBRs	Activities comprise organised biodiversity surveys, campus walks, and everyday observations.
Documentation platforms	Documentation platforms comprise recognised citizen-science tools like iNaturalist, eBird, and SeasonWatch.
Citizen-science apps and what they track	iNaturalist, eBird, and SeasonWatch are citizen science apps for tracking plants, birds, and tree life cycles globally and locally.
Outcomes	CBRs aid global databases, ecosystem management, and building student awareness and scientific skills.