UGC NET Questions (Paper – 1)

The GBF sets global targets for conservation, sustainable use and benefit-sharing, but implementation happens largely at national and local levels. Updating NBSAPs ensures that each country translates the framework into concrete policies, measures and indicators suited to its context. This process promotes coherence between global commitments and domestic actions, allowing better tracking of progress and gaps. It also involves consultation with stakeholders, including Indigenous peoples and local communities.

Option A:
This option is incorrect because the GBF requires stronger, not weaker, national planning. Eliminating NBSAPs would make implementation harder, not easier.

Option B:
This option correctly explains that NBSAP updates are meant to align national plans with the new global framework so that countries can contribute effectively to biodiversity goals.

Option C:
Ex-situ conservation is important but only one part of biodiversity work; the GBF stresses in-situ conservation, sustainable use and mainstreaming across sectors. Focusing only on zoos and gardens is too narrow.

Option D:
Private actors have roles, but governments remain responsible for overall biodiversity policy; the framework does not hand over all responsibilities to corporations.