Agroforestry management

• Job Reservation for Forestry Graduates:
• The Government of Karnataka enacted formal state reservation policies reserving direct recruitment vacancies in the Karnataka Forest Department (Range Forest Officer / Assistant Conservator of Forests posts) for candidates possessing a professional B.Sc. (Forestry) degree. (Correct answer: Option 2)

• Solid Waste Management Rules, 2016:
• Comprehensive national statutory guidelines promulgated by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.
• Superseded the earlier Municipal Solid Waste (Management and Handling) Rules, 2000, mandating source segregation into wet, dry, and domestic hazardous waste streams. (Correct answer: Option 4)

• Section 37 of Biological Diversity Act, 2002:
• Empowers State Governments, in consultation with local bodies, to formally notify areas of significant biodiversity richness, endemism, or cultural heritage in the Official Gazette as Biodiversity Heritage Sites (BHS).
• Mandates framing of conservation and management rules for the notified BHS. (Correct answer: Option 1)

• IUCN Red List Categories and Species Classifications:
• Vulnerable (VU): Species facing a high risk of extinction in the wild (e.g., Indian rhinoceros, Clouded leopard) $\rightarrow$ (II)
• Endangered (EN): Species facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild, including Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) and Tiger (Panthera tigris) $\rightarrow$ (I)
• Critically Endangered (CR): Species facing an extremely high risk of extinction, including Malabar large-spotted civet (Viverra civettina) and Great Indian bustard $\rightarrow$ (IV)
• Extinct (EX): Taxa where no living individual remains, such as the Bali tiger (Panthera tigris balica) and Dodo $\rightarrow$ (III)
• Systematic Match: Corresponds to Option 2.

Correct option: (2) (A) - (III), (B) - (), (C) - (IV), (B) - (I)