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Conservation Laws
Concepts tested here
- Biological Diversity Act
All Questions
2005 AIPMT 1 question
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Biodiversity Act of India was passed by the Parliament in the year -India is a party to the Convention on Biological Diversity (Rio de Janeiro, 1992).
To give effect to this convention, the Parliament of India passed the Biological Diversity Act in 2002.
The Act provides for the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of biological resources and associated traditional knowledge.
It set up the National Biodiversity Authority (2003), State Biodiversity Boards and local Biodiversity Management Committees.
So the Biodiversity Act was passed in the year 2002.