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CBD COP-17, where India released four publications on biodiversity, was held in which city?

  1. A.Yerevan
  2. B.Baku
  3. C.Tbilisi
  4. D.Astana

Correct answer

A. Yerevan

Explanation

The correct answer is Yerevan, the capital of Armenia, which hosted the 17th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity. 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. Options B, C and D name other cities in the same broad region, and an aspirant who marks one of them has confused this conference with another meeting. One detail makes the venue easier to hold in memory: the President of CBD COP-17 is Hambardzum Matevosyan, who is also Armenia's Minister of Environment, because the presidency of a conference of the parties goes to the host country. If you remember the president, the host city follows from it.

Read the full article: India Releases Four Biodiversity Papers at CBD COP-17

Practice Questions

Q1.EnvironmentMedium

Which of the following was NOT among the four publications India released at the CBD COP-17 side event?

  1. A.Guidelines for the Designation of India's Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures
  2. B.The 5th National Report on the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
  3. C.India State of Forest Report
  4. D.India's ABS Success Story
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Correct answer: C. India State of Forest Report

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…

Q2.EnvironmentMedium

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?

  1. A.The Cartagena Protocol
  2. B.The Nagoya Protocol
  3. C.The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework
  4. D.The Paris Agreement
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Correct answer: B. 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.

Q4.EnvironmentMedium

Under which law were the two passengers carrying the reptiles arrested?

  1. A.The Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972
  2. B.The Customs Act, 1962
  3. C.The Biological Diversity Act, 2002
  4. D.The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986
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Correct answer: B. The Customs Act, 1962

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.