In India there are number of acts and rules have created before and after independence to protect wildlife and biodiversity following are important:
- Fisheries Act, 1897.
- Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914.
- The Indian Forest Act, 1927.
- Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marketing) Act, 1937.
- Indian Coffee Act, 1942
- Import and Export (Control) Act, 1947.
- Rubber (Production and Marketing) Act, 1947.
- Tea Act, 1953.
- Mining and Mineral Development (Regulation) Act,1957
- Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960.
- Customs Act, 1962.
- Cardamom Act, 1965.
- Seeds Act, 1966.
- The Patents Act, 1970.
- Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
- Marine Products Export Development Authority Act, 1972.
- Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
- Tobacco Board Act, 1975.
- Territorial Water, Continental Shelf, Exclusive Economic Zone and other Maritime Zones Act, 1976.
- Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977.
- Maritime Zones of India (Regulation and Fishing by Foreign Vessels) Act. 1980.
- Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980.
- Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
- Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority Act, 1985/1986.
- Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
- Spices Board Act, 1986.
- National Dairy Development Board, 1987.
- Rules for the manufacture, use/import/export and storage of hazardous microorganisms/ genetically engineered organisms or cells, 1989
- Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992.
- Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights (PPVFR) Act, 2001
- Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) Order, 2003
- Biological Diversity Rules, 2004
- The Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006
- Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.