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Topic: Biodiversity conservation: hotspots, Red Data Book, biosphere reserves, national parks, sacred groves· Ecology and Environment

The Earth Summit held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 was called :

1. to reduce CO\(_2\) emissions and global warming.

2. for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits.

3. to assess threat posed to native species by invasive weed species.

4. for immediate steps to discontinue use of CFCs that were damaging the ozone layer.

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Answer: 2. for conservation of biodiversity and sustainable utilization of its benefits.

The 1992 Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro (the UN Conference on Environment and Development) is best known for the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Its aim was to conserve biodiversity and use its benefits sustainably, so option 2 is correct. Reducing \(\mathrm{CO_2}\) emissions was the aim of the later Kyoto Protocol, and the phase-out of CFCs was the aim of the Montreal Protocol (1987).

Doubtly AI · 30 Oct 2026 AI-generated · not yet verified Report
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