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The term ''Biodiversity,'' short for ''Biological diversity,'' has gained widespread attention during the last two decade. It's risen to prominence on the international political stage. The concern for biodiversity has arisen from to streams of developments - the increasing loss of biodiversity and habitats on the one hand and the rapidly growing recognition of the economic importance of biodiversity. The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was adopted in 1992 at the Rio Earth Summit. India is signatory to this convention, it has three primary objectives: conservation of biodiversity, the sustainable use of its components, and the fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the use of genetic resources. To promote the objective the convention the Indian Government enacted The Biological Diversity Act 2002. The Act aims to provide conserve biodiversity established three tier systems of authorities, National Biodiversity Authorities, State Biodiversity Boards and local Biodiversity Management Committees. In this paper on Author make some attempt analyses the role of the Karnataka State Biodiversity Board in the conservation and management of the state's rich biodiversity.