Q. India has joined the voluntary Bonn Challenge, it is related to which of the following?
Answer:
Land degradation
Notes:
- “Bonn Challenge” is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of the world’s deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020, and 350 million hectares by 2030.
- At the United Nations Framework Cpnvention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Conference of the Parties (COP) 2015in Paris, India joined the voluntary Bonn Challenge and pledged to bring into restoration 13 million hectares of degraded and deforested land by 2020, and an additional 8 million hectares by 2030. India’s pledge is one of the largest in Asia.
- Also, India, for the first time hosted the 14th session of the Conference of Parties (COP-14) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) from 2nd-13th September 2019 in Greater Noida.