Environmental Geography-Biodiversity and Sustainable Development [IAS (Admin.) Mains Geography]: Questions 1 - 7 of 9

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Question 1

Appeared in Year: 2012

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Programmes initiated by the International Council of Science on Earth System studies

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ICSU

  • The International Council for Science (ICSU) aims to mobilize international global change scientific community around an unprecedented decade of research to support sustainable development for global change and works closely with International Social Science Council (ISSC) for the same.
  • Human-induced global change is leading to severe threats an…

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Question 2

Appeared in Year: 2016

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Discuss the significance of World Climate Research Program (WCRP) and its core projects in the understanding of climate change.

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World Climate Research Program

  • The World Climate Research Program was established in 1980 by International Council for Science and the World Meteorological Organization.
  • It was later sponsored by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission by UNESCO since 1993.
  • It is a component of the World Climate Program.

Significance

  • It develops the fundamental s…

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Question 3

Appeared in Year: 2015

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Discuss the methods of conserving biodiversity for sustainable development. (Paper-1)

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Biodiversity for Sustainable Development

  • Biodiversity is the biological diversity which encompasses the variety of the species present on earth. It includes different flora, fauna, micro-organisms and their genes, hydrological ecosystems, terrestrial and marine ecosystems in which they all are present.
  • Biodiversity is requisite for our survival as we…

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Question 4

Appeared in Year: 2020

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Answer the following in about 150 words each:

Which factors influence the growth of wild plants in India? Discuss their economic significance.

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The major factors which influence the growth of wild plants in India are as follows:

  • Soil: different types of vegetation can be found in different types of soil. For example: in the sandy soils cactus and thorny bushes are grown, where wet, marshy soils support mangroves and deltaic vegetation. The hill slopes with some depths are favorable for alpi…

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Question 5

Appeared in Year: 2019

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Explain the relevance of green tourism for sustainable development of mountain environment in India. (Marks 15)

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“Green tourism is defined as environmentally friendly tourism activities with various focuses and meanings. In a broad term, green tourism is about being an environmentally friendly tourist or providing environmentally friendly tourist services.” This is a new concept which is highly appealing to tourism enterprises and operators to increasing gove…

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Question 6

Appeared in Year: 2021

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Describe how ecosystem services of Himalaya are essential for Highland-Lowland sustainability in Asia.

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The ecosystem of the Himalayas is fragile and diverse. West east extension of the highland of the Himalayas spread from the Hindukush region in the west to Mizo Hills in the east, and the north-south extension of the Himalayas extends from the Karakoram in the north to the Shivalik ranges in the south. From the perspective of the ecosystem, there i…

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Question 7

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Answer the following questions in about 150 words each.

Discuss the salient features of Project Tiger in India.

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India hosts a total of tiger population of the world. There was a steady decline in the population of tigers in India due to many reasons like: Poaching of tigers for commercial reasons, deforestation e. t. c. This led to the launching of a project called Project Tiger. Project Tiger is a tiger conservation programme …

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