RAS question
The Bonn Convention is related to:
Correct answer: (B) Conservation of Migratory Species.
The Bonn Convention is the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals, so it is related to the conservation of migratory species.
Explanation
The treaty's official name is the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS), which identifies its subject directly. The UNESCO World Heritage Centre identifies it as the Bonn Convention and states that it was adopted on 23 June 1979. Under the United Nations Environment Programme, it is an environmental treaty for the coordinated conservation and sustainable use of migratory animals and their habitats throughout their ranges. It covers terrestrial, aquatic and avian migratory species. Thus, it concerns migratory wild species rather than ozone depletion, desertification or climate change. India hosted the 13th meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP13) in 2020, an important exam marker, but the core association is the Bonn Convention with the conservation of migratory species.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) The ozone layer is linked to the Vienna Convention. The Bonn Convention concerns migratory wild animals and their habitats.
- (C) Desertification is covered by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), while the Bonn Convention concerns conservation measures for species that move across migratory ranges.
- (D) Climate change is covered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). By contrast, the Bonn Convention concerns migratory species rather than greenhouse-gas action.
Concept
This tests the Environment and Ecology mapping of major international conventions to their core subjects. RAS often asks such questions because prelims candidates need to know which convention is associated with which subject, such as the Bonn Convention with migratory species. The options commonly mix different global conventions to create confusion.