Red List contains data or information on?
1. all economically important plants
2. plants whose products are in international trade
3. threatened species
4. marine vertebrates only
Statement l: | Rain forests, which used to cover more than 14% of the earth's land surface, are now reduced to 6%. |
Statement II: | The Amazon rain forest has the greatest biodiversity on earth. |
A species facing extremely high risk of extinction in the immediate future is called:
1. Vulnerable
2. Endemic
3. Critically Endangered
4. Extinct
The decline in the population of Indian native fishes due to the introduction of Clarias gariepinus in river Yamuna can be categorised as:
1. Co-extinction
2. Habitat fragmentation
3. Over exploitation
4. Alien species invasion
List-I | List-II | ||
A. | Biodiversity hotspot | I. | Khasi and Jantia hills in Meghalaya |
B. | Sacred groves | II. | World Summit in Sustainable Development 2002 |
C. | Johannesburg South Africa | III. | Parthenium |
D. | Alien species invasion | IV. | Western Ghats |