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The environment of India comprises some of the world's most biodiverse ecozones. The Deccan Traps, Gangetic Plains and the Himalayas are the major geographical features. The country faces different forms of pollution as its major environmental issue and is more vulnerable to the effects of climate change[1] being a developing nation. India has laws protecting the environment and is one of the countries that signed the Convention on Biological Diversity[2] (CBD) treaty. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and each particular state forest departments plan and implement environmental policies throughout the country.

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  2. ^ Cbd, Secretariat To The (25 February 2014). Handbook of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-20190-7.

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