Other Environmental Treaties — Prelims Questions

Consider the following statements about the Basel Convention: 1. It prohibits all transboundary movement of hazardous waste 2. It applies the Prior Informed Consent procedure 3. India ratified it in 1992 4. It covers only industrial hazardous waste Which of the statements given above are correct?

The Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol primarily deals with:

Which of the following best describes the CITES Appendix I listing?

Consider the following pairs: 1. Stockholm Convention - Persistent Organic Pollutants 2. Rotterdam Convention - Ozone Depleting Substances 3. London Protocol - Ocean Dumping 4. Ramsar Convention - Migratory Species Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

The 'dirty dozen' refers to: