Consider the following international agreements:
1. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
2. The United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification.
3. The World Heritage Convention.
Which of the above has/have a bearing on the biodiversity?
Answer:
(d)
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As per United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) website – ‘dynamics of land, climate and biodiversity are intimately connected, the UNCCD collaborates closely with the other two Rio Conventions; the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), to meet these complex challenges with an integrated approach and the best possible use of natural resources.’ Rest of the two are also associated with biodiversity.Tikdam: genetic resouces clearly having bearing on biodiversity, so would desertiication as many species would be wiped out Sites with natural heritage such as keoladeo So even world heritahe convention