Maharashtra State PSC Model Paper 3

The correct answer is Both 1 and 2.

• CITES stands for Convention on international trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. It is an international agreement between governments to bar international trade in endangered species. Hence statement 1 is correct.
• India is a CITES Party since 1976. Hence statement 2 is correct.
• Due to its extreme diversity, India is recognized all over the world for harboring up to 7-8% of all the species recorded by CITES.
• Out of 34 global biodiversity hotspots in the world, India has 4 of them: Western Ghats, Sundaland, Himalayas and Indo-Burma region.