Sarawak Biodiversity Centre

Sarawak is well-endowed with a diverse wealth of biological resources i.e. biodiversity, that could potentially have unique applications in healthcare, agriculture and industries. Bioprospecting of the biodiversity to discover potential and useful applications very much depends on implementing a highly robust R&D programme involving various scientific tools including biotechnology.

Under the provisions of the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (Amendment) Ordinance 2003, the Sarawak Biodiversity Council is given the responsibility to regulate research on biological resources as defined by the Ordinance and export of the State’s Biological Resources.  To implement these duties, SBC has put in place the Research Permit System which provides for four types of permits: The Permit to Collect Protected Resources, Export Permit, Sales Permit of Protected Resources and Ethnobotanical Research Permit.