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With reference of 'Forest Carbon Partnership Facility', which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. It is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous people.
2. It provides financial aid to universities, individual scientists and institutions involved in scientific forestry research to develop ecofriendly and climate adaptation technologies for sustainable forest management.
3. It assists the countries in their 'REDD + (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation +) efforts by providing them with financial and technical assistance.
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In the grasslands, trees do not replace the grasses as a part of an ecological succession because of ___________.

Which one of the following is the correct sequence about various levels of organisation of Biosphere?

In India, tropical rain forest occurs in ___________.

Consider the following statements.
1. The convention on the conservation of migratory species of wild animals is Ramsar Convention.
2. The convention on wetlands is Bonn Convention.
Which of the statements given above is/are true?

Consider the following pairs.
Wetlands : Confluence of Rivers
1. Harike Wetlands : Confluence of Beas and Satluj/Sutlej
2. Keoladeo Ghana National Park : Confluence of Banas and Chambal
3. Kolleru Lake : Confluence of Musi and Krishna
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

Consider the following wetlands.
1. Point Calimere (Tamil Nadu)
2. Sambhar (Rajasthan)
3. Loktak (Manipur)
4. Harike (Punjab)
Which of the wetlands of India given above have been included in the International Ramsar Convention list? 

Tirupati temple is in which of the following biosphere reserves?

Consider the following pairs.
1. Nokrek Biosphere Reserve: Garo Hills
2. Logtak (Loktak) Lake: Barail Range
3. Namdapha: Dafla Hills National Park
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched?

With reference to the wetlands of India, consider the following statements.
1. The country's total geographical area under the category of wetlands is recorded more in Gujarat as compared to other states.
2. In India, the total geographical area of coastal wetlands is larger than that of wetlands.
Which of the statements given above is / are correct?