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The historic convention on Biological Di...

The historic convention on Biological Diversity held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 is known as

A

a) CITES Convention

B

b) The Earth Summit

C

c) C-16 Summit

D

d) MAB Programme.

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B
Earth Summit at Rio de Janeiro (1992), Brazil, promoted Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) which was signed by 152 nations. Its recommendations came into effect on `29^(th)` Dec. 1993. India became a party to this Convention on Biologically Diversity in May, 1994.
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