BirdLife International

2020 DEC 28

Preliminary   > Environment and Ecology   >   Species extinction & protection   >   Organisations

About BirdLife International:

  • It is a global partnership of conservation organisations that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity, working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources.
  • It is the world's largest partnership of conservation organisations, with over 120 partner organisations.
  • It is also the official listing authority for birds for IUCN’s Red List of threatened species.

What are Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas?

  • Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations.
  • IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife International.
  • These sites are small enough to be entirely conserved and differ in their character, habitat or ornithological importance from the surrounding habitat.
  • There are around 470 Important Bird Areas in India.

 

Prelims Question

Consider the following statements regarding Conference on Disarmament:
1.India is not a member of the convention.
2.The convention deals only with conventional arms and not nuclear weapons.
Which among the above statements is/are correct?
(a)1 only 
(b)2 only 
(c)Both 1 and 2
(d)Neither 1 nor 2

Answer to prelims question