GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is biosphere reserves. The most important strategy for the conservation of biodiversity together with traditional human life is the establishment of biosphere reserves. These reserves are established to protect larger areas of natural habitat than a typical national park or animal sanctuary.

Detailed explanation-2: -The two strategies are ex situ and in situ conservation. Article 2 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) provides the following definition of these categories: Ex situ conservation means the conservation of components of biological diversity outside their natural habitats.

Detailed explanation-3: -Biosphere reserves are ‘learning places for sustainable development’. They are sites for testing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding and managing changes and interactions between social and ecological systems, including conflict prevention and management of biodiversity.