Consider the following statements in respect of Trade Related Analysis of Fauna and Flora in Commerce (TRAFFIC) : 1. TRAFFIC is a bureau under United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). 2. The mission of TRAFFIC is to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature. Which of the above statements is/are correct ?
- (a) 1 only
- (b) 2 only ✓ UPSC's answer
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
Why the answer is (b)
• TRAFFIC, founded in 1976, is a non-governmental wildlife-trade monitoring network established as a joint programme of WWF and IUCN, headquartered in Cambridge, UK — it is not a UNEP bureau, so statement 1 is wrong.
• Statement 2 is correct: its mission is to ensure that trade in wild plants and animals is not a threat to the conservation of nature; it works closely with CITES.
• Hence 2 only, option (b).
Why the other options are wrong
- (a) 1 only
- Statement 1 is wrong: TRAFFIC is a WWF–IUCN programme, not UNEP.
- (c) Both 1 and 2
- Statement 1 is wrong.
- (d) Neither 1 nor 2
- Statement 2 is correct.
Asked in the GS Paper I of the UPSC Civil Services Preliminary Examination 2017, held on 18 June 2017. Question and answer key: Union Public Service Commission. Explanation: UPSC Answer Check.