The Montreux Record, maintained under the Ramsar Convention, is a register of
- A.Wetlands newly added to the list of international importance
- B.Listed wetlands whose ecological character is threatened or changing
- C.Wetlands that have been fully restored
- D.Migratory bird species protected by the convention
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Explanation
The correct answer is B, listed wetlands whose ecological character is threatened or changing. The Montreux Record names sites already on the Ramsar list where the ecological character has changed, is changing or is likely to change because of pollution, drainage, encroachment or other human interference. A site is entered at the request of the country concerned and is taken off once the problem has been addressed.
Option A is wrong because new designations simply go on the List of Wetlands of International Importance and carry no adverse implication. Option C states the opposite of the record's purpose, although a restored site is indeed removed from it, as Chilika was in 2002 after its mouth to the sea was reopened. Option D is wrong because the convention protects wetland habitats rather than keeping a species register. The Indian sites currently on the record are Keoladeo National Park and Loktak Lake, both entered in 1990.
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Practice Questions
View allThe Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed in which year?
- A.1971
- B.1975
- C.1982
- D.1992
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The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the shore of the Caspian Sea, which gave the treaty its popular name.
Read the full explanation →World Wetlands Day is observed every year on which date?
- A.2 February
- B.22 March
- C.5 June
- D.16 September
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The Ramsar Convention was signed on 2 February 1971, and that anniversary is observed each year as World Wetlands Day to draw attention to the services wetlands provide, such as flood control, groundwater recharge, water purification and habitat for migratory birds.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first biosphere reserve to be designated in India?
- A.Nanda Devi
- B.Nilgiri
- C.Sunderbans
- D.Gulf of Mannar
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The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spread across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in the Western Ghats, was designated in 1986 as the first biosphere reserve of India, and in 2000 it also became the first Indian reserve to be included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Read the full explanation →Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is situated on which lake?
- A.Wular Lake
- B.Chilika Lake
- C.Loktak Lake
- D.Kolleru Lake
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Loktak, in Manipur, is the largest freshwater lake of north-east India, and its surface carries phumdis, thick floating mats of vegetation, soil and organic matter that rise and fall with the water level.
Read the full explanation →The Man and the Biosphere Programme, under which biosphere reserves are recognised, was launched by which organisation?
- A.UNESCO
- B.UNEP
- C.IUCN
- D.WWF
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The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization launched the Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1971 as an intergovernmental scientific programme to improve the relationship between people and their environment, and the sites recognised under it form the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
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