Question : What was the main aim of the Basel Convention?
Option 1: Protection of the ozone layer
Option 2: Bio-diversity conservation
Option 3: Global warming
Option 4: Climate change
Correct Answer: Bio-diversity conservation
Solution : The correct option is Bio-diversity conservation.
The Basel Convention governs the transboundary flow of hazardous, and other wastes, and requires its parties to manage, and dispose of such wastes in an environmentally sound way. The Convention covers noxious, poisonous, explosive, flammable, and infectious wastes. The Basel Convention was signed on March 22, 1989, and became effective on May 5, 1992. The convention is named after the Swiss city of Basel, where it was drafted.
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Question : What was the main aim of the Montreal Protocol?
Question : What was the main aim of the Kyoto Protocol?
Option 1: Conservation of wetlands
Question : In the context of various environment protection treaties/protocols and the places associated with them, which of the following is not correctly paired?
Option 1: Protocol on Biosafety - Cartagena
Option 2: Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides in International Trade - Stockholm
Option 3: Convention on Biological Diversity - Nagoya
Option 4: Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - Basel
Question : Global warming is expected to result in:
Option 1: increase in the level of the sea
Option 2: the change in crop pattern
Option 3: the change in coastline
Option 4: all of the above
Question : ______ is a naturally occurring phenomenon that is responsible for the heating of the Earth’s surface and atmosphere.
Option 1: Greenhouse effect
Option 2: Radiation
Option 4: Global heating
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