Convention on Biological Diversity
- The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is the international legal instrument for the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources that has been ratified by 196 nations.
- The Convention was opened for signature on 5 June 1992 at the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (the Rio "Earth Summit") and entered into force on 29 December 1993.
- The CBD covers biodiversity at all levels: ecosystems, species and genetic resources. It also covers biotechnology, including through the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety. In ....
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Prelims Special
- 1 National Level Efforts towards Disaster Management
- 2 Global Level Efforts towards Disaster Management
- 3 Other Major National and International Initiatives to Control Pollution
- 4 Government Initiatives to Control Air Pollution
- 5 Air Pollution
- 6 International Measures to Control Water Pollution
- 7 National Measures to Control Water Pollution
- 8 Water Pollution
- 9 Different Types of Alternate Energy Sources
- 10 India’s Recent Efforts towards Sustainable Development
- 11 Global Initiatives towards Sustainable Development
- 12 Pillars of Sustainability
- 13 Global Biodiversity Outlook
- 14 Global Wildlife Program
- 15 National Wildlife Action Plan
- 16 UN Biodiversity Summit 2020
- 17 Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing
- 18 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- 19 National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan
- 20 Biological Diversity Act 2002
- 21 United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD)
- 22 Carbon Pricing
- 23 National Adaptation Fund for Climate Change
- 24 Green Bonds
- 25 Energy Savings Certificates
- 26 Carbon tax
- 27 Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC), 2017
- 28 National Green Tribunal Act, 2010
- 29 Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)
- 30 Climate Change Performance Index
- 31 Global Solar Council
- 32 Kigali Amendment
- 33 Montreal Protocol
- 34 Vienna Convention for the Protection of Ozone Layer
- 35 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
- 36 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
- 37 UJALA Scheme
- 38 International Solar Alliance (ISA)
- 39 Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
- 40 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation & Urban Transformation (AMRUT)
- 41 FAME India Scheme
- 42 National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)
- 43 India State of Forests Report, 2019
- 44 National Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (NCAFMPA)
- 45 Bonn Convention
- 46 Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)
- 47 Regulation of Exotic Animal Trade
- 48 Central Zoo Authority
- 49 Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
- 50 Wetland (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010
- 51 National Plan for Conservation of Aquatic Eco-System
- 52 Scheduled Tribes And Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006
- 53 Forest Conservation Act 1980
- 54 Wildlife protection act 1972
- 55 National Water Policy
- 56 National Environment Policy
- 57 National Forest Policy
