The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related to
- A.combat the green house gasses and to reduce the global warming and climate change
- B.biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity
- C.combat the ozone depleting substances to protect the human lives from diseases
- D.combat the phenomenon of desertification by improving dry land farming in dry regions
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety deals with the safe handling of living modified organisms.
The protocol was adopted in 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and came into force in 2003; India is a party to it. It covers the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms produced by modern biotechnology that may harm biodiversity or human health. Its key tool is the advance informed agreement, under which an importing country must be told about such organisms and can refuse them, following the precautionary approach. The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol adds rules on liability and redress.
A is wrong because greenhouse gases are handled by the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and the Paris Agreement. C is wrong because ozone-depleting substances fall under the Montreal Protocol. D is wrong because desertification is the work of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification.
Exam tip: CBD has two protocols: Cartagena for biosafety of GMOs and Nagoya for access and benefit-sharing.
Practice Questions
View allWhat is 'Greenhouse Gas Protocol'?
- A.It is an international accounting tool for government and business leaders to understand, quantify and manage greenhouse gas emissions
- B.It is an initiative of the United Nations to offer financial incentives to developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and to adopt eco-friendly technologies
- C.It is an inter-governmental agreement ratified by all the member countries of the United Nations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to specified levels by the year 2022
- D.It is one of the multilateral REDD+ initiatives hosted by the World Bank
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The Greenhouse Gas Protocol is the most widely used international standard for measuring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions. It was launched in 1998 by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Read the full explanation →With reference to Indian elephants, consider the following statements:
1. The leader of an elephant group is a female.
2. The maximum gestation period can be 22 months.
3. An elephant can normally go on calving till the age of 40 years only.
4. Among the States in India, the highest elephant population is in Kerala.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1 and 2 only
- B.2 and 4 only
- C.3 only
- D.1, 3 and 4 only
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Elephant herds are led by an old female, and pregnancy can last up to about 22 months; statements 3 and 4 are wrong.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct?
Proper design and effective implementation of UN-REDD+ Programme can significantly contribute to
1. protection of biodiversity
2. resilience of forest ecosystems
3. poverty reduction
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
- A.1 and 2 only
- B.3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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A well-run REDD+ programme protects biodiversity, makes forests more resilient and can reduce poverty among forest communities. REDD+ stands for Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation, plus conservation, sustainable management of forests and enhancement of forest carbon stocks.
Read the full explanation →With reference to 'Global Climate Change Alliance', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It is an initiative of the European Union.
2. It provides technical and financial support to targeted developing countries to integrate climate change into their development policies and budgets.
3. It is coordinated by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
- A.1 and 2 only
- B.3 only
- C.2 and 3 only
- D.1, 2 and 3
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The Global Climate Change Alliance is a European Union programme; WRI and WBCSD run a different initiative, the Greenhouse Gas Protocol.
Read the full explanation →With reference to 'Red Sanders', sometimes seen in the news, consider the following statements:
1. It is a tree species found in a part of South India.
2. It is one of the most important trees in the tropical rain forest areas of South India.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
- A.1 only
- B.2 only
- C.Both 1 and 2
- D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Red Sanders grows naturally in a small part of South India, but in dry deciduous forests, not in tropical rain forests.
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