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 being a developing nation.
India has laws protecting the environment and is one of the countries that signed the Convention on Biological Diversity (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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The Bengal tiger. Along with other species, India has the most species of cats than any other country.
India has some of the world's most biodiverse ecozones—desert, high mountains, highlands, tropical and temperate forests, swamplands, plains, grasslands, areas surrounding rivers, and an island archipelago. It hosts three biodiverse hotspots: the Western Ghats, the Himalayas, and the Indo-Burma region. These hotspots have numerous endemic species.
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