The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has submitted India’s First National Report on the implementation of the Nagoya Protocol on Access Benefit Sharing to the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Ministry said that the report covers the period from 1 November 2017 to 31 December of last year. This report highlights the country’s progress in implementing the Nagoya Protocol while contributing to Target 13 of India’s updated National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. It said that in line with the Nagoya Protocol, India also monitors the utilisation of foreign-sourced biological resources and associated traditional knowledge.