NEETBotanyBiodiversity and its Conservation
Where was the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in 2002?
Options
- ARio de Janeiro
- BJohannesburg
- CSouth Africa
- DB) and C)
Correct answer
B. Johannesburg
Step-by-step solution
Biodiversity knows no political boundaries and its conservation is therefore a collective responsibility of all nations. 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. In a follow-up, the World Summit on Sustainable Development held in 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, 190 countries pledged their commitment to achieve by 2010, a si