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International environmental conventions

International environmental conventions for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 2 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions, and every paragraph is explained in Kannada.

Quick recap: International environmental conventions: quick recap

The whole chapter in one sitting: treaty design, the CBD and its protocols and targets, CITES, CMS, Ramsar and whaling; the Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata conventions, the UNCCD, UNEP, IUCN and the GEF.

Parts of this chapter

Part 1

Biodiversity and wildlife treaties

How environmental treaties are built and where they came from; the Convention on Biological Diversity, the Cartagena and Nagoya Protocols, the Aichi targets and the Kunming-Montreal framework; CITES and its appendices; the Convention on Migratory Species; the Ramsar Convention; the whaling convention. Part 2

Chemicals, waste, land and the global environmental bodies

The Basel, Rotterdam, Stockholm and Minamata conventions on waste and chemicals; the ozone treaties in the family of conventions; the desertification convention and land degradation neutrality; UNEP, IUCN and the Global Environment Facility; all major conventions at a glance.

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