Environment & Ecology MCQs

Protecting the Western Ghats involves multiple states and diverse stakeholders, leading to challenges in coordination. Lack of awareness and insufficient funding are also persistent issues hindering effective conservation.

The primary goal of Western Ghats biodiversity protection initiatives is to conserve its unique and endemic species, along with their fragile ecosystems, from threats like habitat destruction and fragmentation.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is the nodal ministry responsible for the formulation and implementation of the Green Credit Programme (GCP).

The GCP focuses on incentivizing environmentally positive actions. Construction of new fossil fuel power plants is generally considered detrimental to the environment and would not be eligible for generating green credits.

The GCP aims to create a market-based mechanism where individuals and organizations can generate and trade green credits for undertaking environmentally positive activities, thereby fostering a circular economy and sustainable practices.

As per the latest available data from the National Wetland Inventory and Assessment, West Bengal has the highest number of wetlands in India.

The Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules were first notified in 2010, and subsequently revised in 2017.

The National Wetland Inventory and Assessment (NWIA) is a project undertaken by the Space Applications Centre (SAC) of ISRO, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.

The NTCA's main mandate is to ensure the conservation of tigers and their habitats through various measures, including the management of tiger reserves and the implementation of Project Tiger.

Project Tiger was launched in April 1973 by the Government of India to protect the tiger population in the country.