NBA Launches Digital Portal for Certificate of Origin for Cultivated Medicinal Plants
On 5 February 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), launched a digital portal for the electronic issuance of Certificates of Origin (CoO) for cultivated medicinal plants to support Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) exemption applications.
On 5 February 2026, the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), a statutory body under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC), launched a digital portal for the electronic issuance of Certificates of Origin (CoO) for cultivated medicinal plants to support Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) exemption applications.
- The portal provides a single-window, end-to-end online system for submission, processing, and issuance of CoO including automated Form 12 generation for eligible stakeholders. It can be accessed at https://absefiling.nbaindia.in/.
About Digital Portal — Certificates of Origin (CoO):
Legal Basis: The portal implements the Biological Diversity (Amendment) Act, 2023 passed by Lok Sabha (July 2023) and Rajya Sabha (August 2023) and notified through Rules by MoEFCC during 2024–2025.
ABS: The platform supports Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) exemption claims for cultivated medicinal plants.
About NBA: Chennai (Tamil Nadu, TN) based National Biodiversity Authority (NBA), established in 2003 under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, functions through a structured framework comprising the Authority, Secretariat, State Biodiversity Boards (SBBs), Biodiversity Management Committees (BMCs), and Expert Committees.
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