TheKeralastate board (KSBB) is planning a two-pronged strategy to update the peoples biodiversity register (PBR) in all panchayats. ThePBRproject was launched in 2009, and in a few years Kerala has become one of the first states to have completed the PBRs in all local bodies.
KSBB has prepared the PBRs in all the 1,034 local bodies which include six corporations, 87 municipalities, and 941 grama panchayats. Following instructions from the national biodiversity authority (NBA), the state is planning to digitise the entire documentation process.
Already aBIOMIS(biodiversity management information system) has become operational. It is a web-enabled unique repository for biodiversity information systems for the state boards.