Question

With respect to the Bonn Challenge, consider the following statements:

1. It was launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature.
2. Its goal is to bring 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2030.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 only
(c) Both 1 and 2
(d) Neither 1 nor 2​​

Answer 1

Option B - 2 Only

■ Explanation :-

• The Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring 150 million hectares of deforested and degraded land into restoration by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.

• It is an implementation vehicle for national priorities such as water and food security and rural development while contributing to the achievement of international climate change, biodiversity, and land degradation commitments.

• Launched by the Government of Germany and IUCN, the Bonn Challenge unites nations and regions in bringing landscapes into restoration, to halt and reverse the effects of land degradation.

• Underlying the Bonn Challenge is the forest landscape restoration approach, which aims to restore ecological integrity at the same time as improving human well-being through multifunctional landscapes.

• The restoration of 150 million hectares of degraded and deforested lands in biomes around the world – in line with the forest landscape restoration (FLR) approach – will create approximately US$ 84 billion per year in net benefits that could bring direct additional income opportunities for rural communities. About 90% of this value is potentially tradable, meaning that it encompasses market-related benefits. Achieving the 350 million hectare goal will generate about US$ 170 billion per year in net benefits from watershed protection, improved crop yields, and forest products, and could sequester up to 1.7 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually.

• The Bonn Challenge is not a new global commitment but rather a practical means of realizing many existing international commitments, including the CBD Aichi Target 15, the UNFCCC REDD+ goal, and the Rio+20 land degradation neutrality goal. Hence option B is correct.

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Answer 2

With respect to the Bonn Challenge, consider the following statements:

1. It was launched by the World Wide Fund for Nature.

2. Its goal is to bring 350 million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes into restoration by 2030.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

(a) 1 only

(b) 2 only

(c) Both 1 and 2

(d) Neither 1 nor 2

Answer:

Option B - 2 only