{"id":95703,"date":"2026-03-31T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:01:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=95703"},"modified":"2026-03-31T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:01:15","slug":"bhavasagara-referral-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhavasagara-referral-centre\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhavasagara Referral Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhavasagara Referral Centre Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) has officially designated the Center for Marine Living Resources &amp; Ecology&#8217;s \u201cBhavasagara\u201d Referral Centre as a National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhavasagara Referral Centre<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designated as a <\/span><b>National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was conferred under the provisions of the <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/biodiversity-act-2002\/\" target=\"_blank\">Biological Diversity Act, 2002<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It establishes the Centre as a <\/span><b>critical national facility for the preservation,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> study, and documentation of India&#8217;s vast deep-sea biological heritage.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It currently serves as a vital scientific hub, housing an extensive collection of over 3,500 taxonomically identified and geo-referenced voucher specimens.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collection <\/span><b>spans a diverse range of marine life,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from invertebrates\u2014including cnidarians, annelids, molluscs, arthropods, and echinoderms\u2014to vertebrates such as elasmobranchs and teleostean fishes.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Under the Biological Diversity Act, the Repository is authorized to:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Maintain Secure Custody:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Preserve representative biological samples as voucher specimens along with critical associated data, such as DNA sequences, for future scientific reference.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Hold Type Specimens:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Act as the official custodian for any <\/span><b>new deep-sea species<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> discovered within Indian waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Capacity Building:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Foster expertise in deep-sea taxonomy, aligning with the goals of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development (2021\u20132030).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2247110&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">PIB<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhavasagara Referral Centre designated as National Repository for Deep Sea Fauna under Biological Diversity Act, boosting marine research, conservation, and deep sea biodiversity studies in 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