Biological diversity or biodiversity is a term used to describe the variety of life on earth.

It refers to the wide variety of ecosystem and living organism ;animals plants ,their habitats and their genes Biodiversity is the foundation of life on earth We depend on it for our security and health .it strongly affects our social relations and gives us freedom and choice But no other feature of the earth has been so dramatically influenced by mans activities By changing biodiversity we strongly affect human well being and well being of every other living creature
The Indian region (8 to 30 N and 60 to 97.5) with total area of 329 million hectares is very rich in biodiversity. It is estimated that about 4500 species of plants occur in this country. The position of Indian subcontinent at the confluence of there biogeography reels is also an important contributing factor and explain the preserve of African, European, Sind, Japanese and Indo-Malayan elements in the flora and fauna in India. It is the sum total of such remarkable diversity that has made India a "gene bank" for a number of food crops, forest trees, medical and aromatic plants and domesticated animal.