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Topic 234 · Environment, Climate & Biodiversity

Bonn Challenge: India's land-restoration progress

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  1. Core Trigger: On 17 June 2026 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released India's Second Progress Report on the Bonn Challenge.
  2. Scope: MoEFCC prepared it with IUCN for 2011–2020, counting planted forests, natural regeneration, silviculture, agroforestry and mangrove restoration.
  3. Current Head: Sushil Kumar Awasthi is Director General of Forests and Special Secretary; Tanmay Kumar is MoEFCC Secretary.
  4. Approach: The Bonn Challenge promotes Forest Landscape Restoration, a term coined by IUCN and WWF in 2000.
  5. Data / Report: India restored 21.76 million hectares against its 26 million hectare 2030 target; Telangana led with 4.18 million hectares.
  6. Impact: Restoration generated about 1,224.51 million person-days of work and sequestered 461.14 million tonnes of carbon (343.66 after mortality).
  7. India Link: India pledged 13 million plus 8 million hectares in 2015; the target rose to 26 million at UNCCD COP14 (2019), hosted by India.
  8. Headquarters: IUCN, the Bonn Challenge secretariat, is headquartered at Gland, Switzerland.
  9. Founded: The Bonn Challenge was launched in 2011 by Germany and IUCN; IUCN was created in 1948.
  10. Global Goals: It aims to restore 150 million hectares by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.
  11. Convention: The UNCCD, established in 1994, is the only legally binding framework on desertification and drought.
  12. Definition: Land Degradation Neutrality means healthy land stays stable or grows (SDG 15.3); agroforestry grows trees with crops or livestock.
Question 1 of 10

India's Second Progress Report on the Bonn Challenge was released on which date?

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Answer: (D) 17 June 2026

Core Trigger: On 17 June 2026 Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav released India's Second Progress Report on the Bonn Challenge.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 1

Question 2 of 10

India's Second Progress Report on the Bonn Challenge covers which period?

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Answer: (A) 2011-2020

Scope: MoEFCC prepared it with IUCN for 2011–2020, counting planted forests, natural regeneration, silviculture, agroforestry and mangrove restoration.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 2

Question 3 of 10

Who is Director General of Forests and Special Secretary in the Environment Ministry?

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Answer: (D) Sushil Kumar Awasthi

Current Head: Sushil Kumar Awasthi is Director General of Forests and Special Secretary; Tanmay Kumar is MoEFCC Secretary.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 3

Question 4 of 10

Forest Landscape Restoration, promoted by the Bonn Challenge, was coined by IUCN and WWF in which year?

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Answer: (C) 2000

Approach: The Bonn Challenge promotes Forest Landscape Restoration, a term coined by IUCN and WWF in 2000.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 4

Question 5 of 10

India restored 21.76 million hectares under the Bonn Challenge; which State led with 4.18 million hectares?

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Answer: (D) Telangana

Data / Report: India restored 21.76 million hectares against its 26 million hectare 2030 target; Telangana led with 4.18 million hectares.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 5

Question 6 of 10

Consider: 1) India pledged 13 million plus 8 million hectares in 2019. 2) The target rose to 26 million hectares at UNCCD COP14 (2019), hosted by India. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (B) Only 2

Impact: Restoration generated about 1,224.51 million person-days of work and sequestered 461.14 million tonnes of carbon (343.66 after mortality).From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 6

Question 7 of 10

Where is IUCN, the Bonn Challenge secretariat, headquartered?

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Answer: (A) Gland, Switzerland

Headquarters: IUCN, the Bonn Challenge secretariat, is headquartered at Gland, Switzerland.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 8

Question 8 of 10

In which year was the Bonn Challenge launched by Germany and IUCN?

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Answer: (B) 2011

Founded: The Bonn Challenge was launched in 2011 by Germany and IUCN; IUCN was created in 1948.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 9

Question 9 of 10

The Bonn Challenge aims to restore 350 million hectares by which year?

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Answer: (B) 2030

Global Goals: It aims to restore 150 million hectares by 2020 and 350 million hectares by 2030.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 10

Question 10 of 10

Consider: 1) The UNCCD, established in 1994, is the only legally binding framework on desertification and drought. 2) Land Degradation Neutrality corresponds to SDG 14.3. Which is/are correct?

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Answer: (A) Only 1

Convention: The UNCCD, established in 1994, is the only legally binding framework on desertification and drought.From Book 1 RATNA, topic 234, point 11

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