Environment – GK Questions

Dachigam National Park, located near Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir, is the last major refuge of the Hangul.

Gir National Park and Wildlife Sanctuary is situated in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat.

It consists of phumdis (floating biomass) on Loktak Lake and is the last natural habitat of the Sangai (brow-antlered deer).

Kaziranga is a World Heritage Site that hosts about two-thirds of the world's great one-horned rhinoceroses.

The Nagoya Protocol aims to share the benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources in a fair and equitable way.

The Cartagena Protocol is an international agreement which aims to ensure the safe handling and transport of LMOs resulting from modern biotechnology.

Agenda 21 is a non-binding, voluntary action plan of the UN with regard to sustainable development globally, nationally, and locally.

The Vienna Convention established the framework for international cooperation to protect the ozone layer, which led to the Montreal Protocol.

The 1992 Rio conference is widely referred to as the Earth Summit, leading to the creation of the UNFCCC, CBD, and UNCCD.

The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), or Earth Summit, was held in Rio in June 1992.

CITES ensures that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants does not threaten the survival of the species.

POPs are toxic chemicals that adversely affect human health and the environment globally, persisting for long periods.

The Basel Convention controls the transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal to protect human health and the environment.

The Ramsar Convention provides the framework for national action and international cooperation for the conservation and wise use of wetlands.

CAMPA manages the funds collected from project proponents diverting forest land for non-forest use for compensatory afforestation.

Project Elephant was launched in February 1992 as a centrally sponsored scheme to assist states with wild elephant populations.

CRZ notifications are issued under Section 3(1) and (v) of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 to regulate coastal development.

The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 was enacted to meet the obligations under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

The Water Act of 1974 was the first major environmental legislation in India aimed at preventing and controlling water pollution.

The NGT was established on 18 October 2010 under the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010 for effective disposal of environmental cases.