General Studies Paper I · Topic
Biodiversity and Conservation
Official syllabus
General issues on Environmental ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change - that do not require subject specialization.
Conservation, environmental pollution and degradation, environmental impact assessment.
UPSC CSE 2026 notification
What this covers
The existing Biodiversity pilot master note supplies the detailed content for this reused topic.
Key ideas
- Access and benefit sharing
- Agrobiodiversity
- Biodiversity: definition and levels
- Biodiversity values and ecosystem services
- Biosafety and living modified organisms
- Communities and traditional knowledge
- Dated biodiversity developments
- Ecosystem diversity
- Ex-situ conservation
- Genetic diversity
- In-situ conservation
- India's megadiversity and biodiversity hotspots
- Indian biodiversity institutions
- Indian biodiversity law and policy
- International biodiversity instruments
- Invasive alien species
- Drivers of biodiversity loss
- Biodiversity mainstreaming and finance
- Biodiversity measurement and status
- Protected and conserved areas
- Ecological restoration
- Species and habitat conservation approaches
- Species richness, evenness and diversity scales
- Keystone, endemic, indicator and flagship species
Subtopics 24
- 01Access and benefit sharingThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Access and benefit sharing.
- 02AgrobiodiversityThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Agrobiodiversity.
- 03Biodiversity: definition and levelsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Biodiversity: definition and levels.
- 04Biodiversity values and ecosystem servicesThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Biodiversity values and ecosystem services.
- 05Biosafety and living modified organismsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Biosafety and living modified organisms.
- 06Communities and traditional knowledgeThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Communities and traditional knowledge.
- 07Dated biodiversity developmentsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Dated biodiversity developments.
- 08Ecosystem diversityThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Ecosystem diversity.
- 09Ex-situ conservationThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Ex-situ conservation.
- 10Genetic diversityThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Genetic diversity.
- 11In-situ conservationThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for In-situ conservation.
- 12India's megadiversity and biodiversity hotspotsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for India's megadiversity and biodiversity hotspots.
- 13Indian biodiversity institutionsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Indian biodiversity institutions.
- 14Indian biodiversity law and policyThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Indian biodiversity law and policy.
- 15International biodiversity instrumentsThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for International biodiversity instruments.
- 16Invasive alien speciesThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Invasive alien species.
- 17Drivers of biodiversity lossThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Drivers of biodiversity loss.
- 18Biodiversity mainstreaming and financeThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Biodiversity mainstreaming and finance.
- 19Biodiversity measurement and statusThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Biodiversity measurement and status.
- 20Protected and conserved areasThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Protected and conserved areas.
- 21Ecological restorationThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Ecological restoration.
- 22Species and habitat conservation approachesThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Species and habitat conservation approaches.
- 23Species richness, evenness and diversity scalesThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Species richness, evenness and diversity scales.
- 24Keystone, endemic, indicator and flagship speciesThis page is the existing evidence-linked Biodiversity pilot section for Keystone, endemic, indicator and flagship species.