The Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 was called
Answer: (B) for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits. Answer: (B) for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits.
- A.to reduce CO2 emissions and global warming
- B.for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits✓
- C.to assess threat posed to native species by invasive weed species
- D.for immediate steps to discontinue use of CFCs that were damaging the ozone layer
Correct Answer
(B) for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits
Solution & Explanation
Answer: (B) for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits. Solution: The Earth Summit was the Convention on Biological Diversity held at Rio de Janeiro in 1992, which called upon all nations to conserve biodiversity and sustainably use its benefits. It was not about CO2/global warming (option 1) or CFCs/ozone (option 4, which relate to other protocols such as Montreal), nor about invasive weeds (option 3). NCERT: NCERT Class XII Biology, Ch 13 Biodiversity and Conservation, p.225, lines 29-32: "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 and sustainable utilisation of its benefits."