At the side event, the Union Environment Minister described which instrument as the basis for fair and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of genetic resources?
- A.The Cartagena Protocol
- B.The Nagoya Protocol
- C.The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
- D.The Paris Agreement
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Explanation
The correct answer is the Nagoya Protocol. Speaking on Access and Benefit Sharing, the minister said this protocol provides the basis for sharing fairly and equitably the benefits that arise when genetic resources are used, and he pressed for the principle to be converted into procedures that are workable, transparent and equitable. Option A is wrong because the Cartagena Protocol deals with biosafety, and it figured at the same event only through the fifth national report India released under it. Option C is wrong because the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework sets global targets and was cited by the minister for a different argument, that adopting targets is not enough without capacity and resources to implement them. Option D is wrong because the Paris Agreement belongs to the climate change track and not to the biodiversity convention at all.
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Practice Questions
CBD COP-17, where India released four publications on biodiversity, was held in which city?
- A.Yerevan
- B.Baku
- C.Tbilisi
- D.Astana
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India held a side event there with its National Biodiversity Authority and the United Nations Development Programme, and the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change released four publications at it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT among the four publications India released at the CBD COP-17 side event?
- A.Guidelines for the Designation of India's Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
- B.The 5th National Report on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
- C.India State of Forest Report
- D.India's ABS Success Story
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The four publications brought out at the side event were the guidelines for designating India's Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures, which let conservation outside formal protected areas be recognised; the fifth national report under the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, which is India's periodic account of biosafety governance; a handbook on…
Read the full explanation →The passengers intercepted with the live reptiles at Trichy had arrived from which city?
- A.Kuala Lumpur
- B.Dubai
- C.Bangkok, via Colombo
- D.Singapore, via Male
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Officers of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence acted on specific intelligence and intercepted two Indian passengers who reached Trichy International Airport on that routing on 26 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Under which law were the two passengers carrying the reptiles arrested?
- A.The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
- B.The Customs Act, 1962
- C.The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
- D.The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
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The reptiles were seized and the two Indian passengers were arrested by the Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy under the provisions of that Act, because the offence was the illegal import of goods, here live wildlife, across a customs frontier.
Read the full explanation →How many live reptiles did the DRI recover at Trichy International Airport?
- A.27
- B.35
- C.45
- D.55
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The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, acting with the Air Intelligence Unit at Trichy, foiled an attempt to bring that many live reptiles into India through Trichy International Airport.
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