The act passed by the Indian Government to comply with the Convention on Biological Diversity is known as

India enacted the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 to give effect to the Convention on Biological Diversity, which it had ratified in 1994. The Act sets up the National Biodiversity Authority and State Biodiversity Boards to regulate access to biological resources and benefit sharing; there is no Act of 2003 on the subject (the Biological Diversity Rules followed in 2004). The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 predate the Convention, which was opened for signature in 1992.