Consider the following:
The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.
India is yet to make a Bonn Challenge commitment under its Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs)
Which of the statements given above are correct?a 1 only
b 2 only
c Both 1 and 2
d Neither 1 nor 2
Explanation:Solution (a)
Bonn Challenge
The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.
In 2015, India made a Bonn Challenge commitment – to restore 13 million hectares of degraded land by 2020 and an additional 8 million hectares by 2030.
The Bonn Challenge lays emphasis on landscape approaches — a model aimed at improving the ecology of a landscape as a whole in order to benefit local livelihoods and conserve biodiversity.
Bonn Challenge
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