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IN NEWS: The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). The framework has 23 targets that the world need...
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Why in news? The 15th Conference of Parties (COP15) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework(GBF). About Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversit...
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Why in news? Recently, India has decided not to vote against a proposal to re-open the international trade in ivory at the ongoing conference of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild F...
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Why in news? The Second United Nations World Geospatial Information Congress (UN-WGIC) 2022 was recently held in Hyderabad. About United Nations World Geospatial International Congress (UNWGIC): UN-WGI a...
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Why in news? The meeting of the Working Group on the Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework failed to achieve as much as was expected. The objective of the meeting was to reach a consensus on the text of the fra...
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Why in news? Recently, the Seoul Declaration was adopted at the XV World Forestry Congress, held in Seoul, South Korea. About Seoul Forest Declaration: The Declaration was signed by 141 participant count...
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Why in news? The 12th meeting of Interpol’s Match-Fixing Task Force (IMFTF), in which the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was one of the participants, concluded with a call for harmonised global efforts...
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Why in news? The Prime Minister of India has inaugurated the seventh edition of the Raisina Dialogue 2022. What is Raisina Dialogue? The Raisina Dialogue is an annual conference of India on geopolitics a...
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Why in news? Russian troops are accused of violation of Geneva Convention in the ongoing Ukraine war. About Geneva Convention: Geneva Conventions is a series of international treaties concluded in Geneva...
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Why in news? As the war of words between the United States and Russia intensifies on the implementation of military biological programmes on the territory of Ukraine, India has underlined the importance of the Biol...