Context: Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed in June, 2020 between Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), a subordinate organization under Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and International Barcode of Life (iBOL), a Canadian not-for-profit corporation got cabinet nod.

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• ZSI and iBOL have come together for further efforts in DNA barcoding.
  • DNA barcoding is a methodology for rapidly and accurately identifying species by sequencing a short segment of standardized gene regions and comparing individual sequences to a reference database.
• iBOL is a research alliance involving nations that have committed both human and financial resources to enable expansion of the global reference database, the development of informatics platforms, and/or the analytical protocols needed to use the reference library to inventory, assess, and describe biodiversity.
• The MoU will enable ZSI to participate at the Global level programmes like Bioscan and Planetary Biodiversity Mission.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1662330

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