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2019
Exam:UPSC CSE
Paper:Prelims GS
Topic:Environment
Difficulty:medium

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  1. As per the recent amendment to the Indian Forest Act, 1927, forest dwellers have the right to fell the bamboo grown on forest areas.
  2. As per the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, bamboo is a minor forest produce.
  3. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 allows ownership of minor forest produce to forest dwellers.
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2015
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  1. It is an initiative of the European Union.
  2. It provides technical and financial support to targeted developing countries to integrate climate change into their development policies and budgets.
  3. It is coordinated by World Resources Institute (WRI) and World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
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2014
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Paper:Prelims GS
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With reference to an organization known as 'BirdLife International', which of the following statements is/are correct?

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Q. 23
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UPSC CSE • 2015 • PRELIMS GS
Current Affairs
Medium

With reference to 'Forest Carbon Partnership Facility', which of the following statements is/are correct?

  1. It is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society, and indigenous peoples.
  2. It provides financial aid to universities, individual scientists, and institutions involved in scientific forestry research to develop eco-friendly and climate adaptation technologies for sustainable forest management.
  3. It assists countries in their 'REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation +)' efforts by providing them financial and technical assistance.

A

1 only

B

2 and 3 only

C

1 and 3 only

D

1, 2, and 3

Kepler. Discussing PYQs. Q.no. 23