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Conservation organisations
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2011 AIPMT-PRE 1 question
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Which one of the following expanded forms of the following acronyms is correct?IUCN stands for International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources; it maintains the Red List of threatened species. This expansion is correct.
IPCC stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, not 'International Panel'.
UNEP stands for United Nations Environment Programme, not 'Environmental Policy'.
EPA stands for Environmental Protection Agency, not 'Environmental Pollution Agency'.
Hence the correct expanded form is IUCN = International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources.