India Designates National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna
The Center for Marine Living Resources & Ecology (CMLRE) in Kochi, Kerala, part of the Ministry of Earth Sciences, has been designated as India’s National Repository for Deep-Sea Fauna at its ‘Bhavasagara’ Referral Centre. Recognized under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, this center now holds a comprehensive collection of deep-sea biological specimens and provides a key resource for future marine research and biodiversity conservation in India.
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