Which one of the following expanded forms of the following acronyms is correct?

Which one of the following expanded forms of the following acronyms is correct?
  1. UNEP - United Nations Environmental Policy
  2. EPA - Environmental Pollution Agency
  3. IUCN - International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources
  4. IPCC - International Panel for Climate Change

Solution

IUCN or IUCNNR (International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources) is now known as WCU (World Conservation Union). Its headquarters are at Morges, Switzerland. It studies the threat to biodiversity in all parts of the world by gathering information about the geographical distribution, population size and population changes of various taxa. It prepares a red list or red data book.

Asked in: NEET 2011 (Screening)

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