GS Paper III
Prepare ecology, biodiversity, climate change, pollution, environmental laws, conservation and forest-related topics for Prelims and Mains.
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As a party to the CBD, India enacted the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, which serves as a comprehensive legal framework to protect biological resources…
