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    Consider the following pairs of Conventions and their Objectives:
    1. Minamata Convention: Against toxic mercury and mercury compounds.
    2. Cartagena Protocol: Safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology.
    3.  Water Convention: To protect and manage the trans-boundary surface waters and ground waters.
    4. Espoo Convention: To prevent, reduce and control significant adverse trans-boundary environmental impact from proposed activities.
    Which of the above pairs are correctly matched? Codes:

    A) 2 and 3 only                 

    B) 1, 2 and 3 only

    C) 2 and 4 only                 

    D) 1, 2, 3 and 4

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

    1. Minamata Convention: to protect the human health and the environment from anthropogenic emissions and releases of mercury and mercury compounds. 2. Cartagena Protocol:   To ensure an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer, handling and use of living modified organisms resulting from modern biotechnology that may have adverse effects on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity, taking also into account risks to human health, and specifically focusing on trans-boundary movements. 3. Water Convention: To protect and ecologically sound manage the trans-boundary surface waters and ground waters. To prevent, control and reduce water pollution from point and non-point sources. 4. Espoo Convention: To prevent, reduce and control significant adverse trans-boundary environmental impact from proposed activities. Also called EIA convention.


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