Biodiversity Management Committees have to be constituted by every local body i.e. Village Panchayats and Municipal Councils under Section 41 of Biological Diversity Act, 2002and Rule 22 of Biological Diversity Rules, 2004, for the purpose of promoting conservation, sustainable use and documentation of biological diversity including preservation of habitats, conservation of land races, folk varieties and cultivars, domesticated stocks and breeds of animals and microorganisms and chronicling of knowledge relating to biological diversity within their area of jurisdiction.