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With reference to an organization known as 'BirdLife International', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a Global Partnership of Conservation Organizations. 2. The concept of 'biodiversity hotspots' originated from this organization. 3. It identifies the sites known/referred to as Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas'. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Explanation
BirdLife International is the largest global partnership of national nature conservation organisations with 115 Partners in 112 countries[1], and it is a global partnership of non-governmental organizations that strives to conserve birds[2]. Therefore, **Statement 1 is correct**.
The concept of 'biodiversity hotspots' did not originate from BirdLife International. This concept was developed by Norman Myers in the late 1980s to identify regions with exceptional concentrations of endemic species facing exceptional loss of habitat. **Statement 2 is incorrect**.
Since the launch of the IBA concept by BirdLife (then ICBP) in 1979, IBAs have been identified in over 200 countries and territories worldwide[3], and these include the 12,000 Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs) identified by BirdLife International[4]. Therefore, **Statement 3 is correct**.
The correct answer is **Option C (1 and 3 only)**.
Sources- [1] https://www.birdlife.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/birds_and_biodiversity_targets_report.pdf
- [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BirdLife_International
- [3] https://datazone.birdlife.org/about-our-science/ibas
- [4] https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/2016-048.pdf
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Guest previewThis question hinges on a classic 'Entity Swap' trap in Statement 2. While Statements 1 and 3 require specific knowledge of the NGO, Statement 2 is a standard static fact found in every basic ecology textbook (Norman Myers). If you knew your static basics, the specific NGO details became secondary.
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- Explicitly calls BirdLife International a global partnership.
- Specifies scale: 115 Partners in 112 countries and describes them as national nature conservation organisations.
- Direct statement that BirdLife International is a global partnership.
- Identifies the partners as non-governmental organizations focused on conservation (birds).
- Shows BirdLife International acting as a partner among multiple well-known conservation organizations.
- Illustrates BirdLife's participation in international conservation partnerships (KBA Partnership).
Explicitly names 'Birdlife International (formerly ICBP)' in a list of international conservation organisations, implying it is an established actor in that international network.
A student could combine this with basic knowledge that organisations listed alongside global bodies (e.g., IUCN, WWF) are typically international partnerships to infer BirdLife likely operates at an international, networked scale.
Lists several national and regional bird conservation groups (e.g., Bird Conservation Nepal, Bombay Natural History Society, RSPB) in a context of partnership and programs for bird conservation.
A student could use a world map and these named organisations to infer the existence of cross-country cooperation among bird groups, consistent with a global partnership model such as BirdLife linking national partners.
Describes IUCN's role in bringing governments, NGOs, UN agencies and local communities together to develop and implement policy—illustrating a common organisational model of global conservation partnerships.
A student can generalise this pattern (international conservation bodies convene diverse national NGOs) and consider BirdLife as possibly following the same partnership model.
Gives an example of multiple conservation organisations (Conservation International, IUCN, IOC of UNESCO) collaborating with governments and NGOs globally, showing that global conservation work is often structured as partnerships.
A student could apply this general rule (conservation work frequently uses multi-organisation global partnerships) to hypothesize that BirdLife might be organised similarly.
Enumerates international conservation conventions and networks (e.g., Ramsar, CMS, TRAFFIC), indicating a broader ecosystem of global cooperative frameworks in which organisations like BirdLife would plausibly participate.
Using the existence of these global networks, a student might check whether BirdLife is a participant or partner within such international frameworks, supporting the idea of it being a global partnership.
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