Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is NOT true regarding the various multilateral environment agreements (MEAs) ratified by India?

  1. Basel Convention of 1989 was on regulation of trans-boundary movement, transit, handling and use of living modified organisms.

  2. Montreal Protocol of 1987 deals with ozone depleting substances.

  3. Bonn Convention of 1979 is regarding the conservation of migratory species.

  4. Rotterdam Convention of 1998 pertains to Consensual International Trade in certain Hazardous Chemicals and Pesticides.
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Explanation

Basel Convention on the control of trans-boundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal, usually known simply as the Basel Convention, is an international treaty that was designed to reduce the movements of hazardous waste between nations, specifically to prevent transfer of hazardous waste from developed to less developed countries (LDCs). However, it does not address the movement of radioactive waste.

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