NEET 2023 Botany Question 119 Solution
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The historic Convention on Biological Diversity, 'The Earth Summit' was held in Rio de Janeiro in the year:
- (1)2002
- (2)1985
- (3)1992
- (4)1986
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The historic Convention on Biological Diversity, 'The Earth Summit' was held in Rio de Janeiro in the year:
The historic Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro occurred in 1992 (calling upon all nations to take measures for biodiversity conservation). Ten years later, in 2002, the World Summit followed in Johannesburg!
The historic United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), widely known as "The Earth Summit", was convened in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 1992:
The Earth Summit called upon all nations to take appropriate measures for the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable utilization of its benefits.
In a follow-up ten years later, the World Summit on Sustainable Development was held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, where 190 countries pledged to achieve significant reductions in the rate of biodiversity loss by 2010.
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2002 is the year of the World Summit on Sustainable Development in Johannesburg, South Africa.
1985 marked the discovery of the Antarctic ozone hole (Farman et al.) and the Vienna Convention, not the Rio Summit.
Verbatim NCERT: The historic Convention on Biological Diversity ('The Earth Summit') was held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992.
1986 is the enactment year of the Environment (Protection) Act in India.
NCERT describes exactly two major international summits side-by-side: Rio de Janeiro (1992) and Johannesburg (2002). Students often interchange the years.
"The historic Convention on Biological Diversity ('The Earth Summit') held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992, called upon all nations to take appropriate measures for conservation of biodiversity."
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