'Invasive Species Specialist Group' (that develops Global Invasive Species Database) belongs to which one of the following organizations?
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Answer: A. The Invasive Species Specialist Group (ISSG) is part of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. It manages the Global Invasive Species Database.
Watch for: UNEP sounds like the natural home of a global database, but the specialist groups belong to IUCN.
Why the other options are wrong
- B. Wrong because UNEP does not run the ISSG.
- C. Wrong because the World Commission on Environment and Development (Brundtland Commission) was a 1980s commission, not the ISSG's parent.
- D. Wrong because WWF is a separate NGO and not the ISSG's parent body.
Source to check: IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group website (issg.org); Global Invasive Species Database (iucngisd.org)
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