Additional Test (Part - 5) - UPSC MCQ

Strategy for Action

• Adopting and implementing strategies and needs outlined above will call for action covering the following parameters:

i. Strengthening and Enhancing the Protected Area Network

ii . Effective Management of Protected Areas

iii. Conservation of Wild and Endangered Species and Their Habitats

iv. Restoration of Degraded Habitats outside Protected Areas

v. Control of Poaching, Taxidermy and Illegal Trade in Wild Animal and Plant Species

vi. Monitoring and Research

• Joint Forest Management (JFM) started in consonance with the National Forest Policy 1988, which has recognized the importance of involving the local communities and the government has issued necessary resolutions and guidelines subsequently to initiate such institutions and strengthen it further. Hence statement 2 is incorrect.

• A National Afforestation Programme (NAfP) was launched in 2002, which involves plantation in degraded forests of the country. NAfP is a flagship programme of National Afforestation and Eco-development Board (NAEB) and provides physical and capacity-building support to the Forest Development Agencies (FDAs), which are the implementing agencies.

• A government scheme of labelling of environment-friendly products to provide accreditation and labelling for household and other consumer products which meet certain environmental criteria along with quality requirements of the Bureau of Indian Standards for that product.

• Objective - to recognize good environmental performance as well as improvements in the performance of the unit

• Any product, which is made, used or disposed of in a way that significantly reduces the harm to the environment, could be considered as an ‘Environment-Friendly Product’.

• ‘National Clean Energy Fund’ (NCEF) was constituted in the public account of India in the Finance Bill 2010-11.

• Objective - to invest in entrepreneurial ventures and research & innovative projects in the field of clean energy technology.

• Aim - to develop an analytical tool to measure the performance, concerning delivery of basic services in local bodies of Delhi and Kanpur. (Identified as pilot cities).

• Performance measurement (PM) tool was developed through a set of performance measurement indicators that are benchmarked against set targets using the inputs-outputs efficiency outcomes framework.

• Classification of industrial clusters: CEPI score status measures > 70 critically polluted detailed investigations and appropriate remedial action 60 – 70 severely polluted surveillance and implementation of pollution control < 60 normal.

• The Central and State Pollution Control Board, in collaboration with IIT, Delhi has applied the CEPI for environmental assessment of 88 Industrial Clusters across the country. 43 such industrial clusters having CEPI greater than 70, on a scale of 0 to 100, have been identified as critically polluted.

• LaBL is a campaign by TERI that promotes the use of solar lanterns specially designed and manufactured on a decentralized basis.

• LaBL has been able to engage with government interventions under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Madhya Pradesh Rural Livelihood Project, Rashtriya Gramin Vikas Nidhi, and has facilitated the spread of mobile telephony with support from the Department of Telecommunications, Government of India.

• LaBL has successfully engaged the private sector and leveraged Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

• This initiative has the potential to contribute towards the realization of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by improving energy access for the rural poor.

• The main objectives of this programme are to educate children about their immediate environment and impart knowledge about the eco-systems, their inter-dependence and their need for survival, through visits and demonstrations and to mobilise youngsters by instilling in them the spirit of scientific inquiry into environmental problems and involving them in the efforts of environmental preservation.

• Member countries: India, Indonesia, Maldives, Pakistan, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam. Outreach countries: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Timor Leste. Dialogue countries: Kenya, Malaysia, Tanzania.

• MFF provides a collaborative platform to help countries, sectors and agencies in the MFF region tackle the growing challenges to coastal sustainability.

• The National Bamboo Mission is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme with 100% contribution from the Central Government.