Multiple Choice Questions and Answers
Which of the following objective(s) is contained in the environmental strategy and policy for the
Environment and Land Management Sector? (1) Improve the health of people in southern Africa and
their environment. (2) Encourage limited collaboration in environmental and resource management
(3) Promote public participation during elections. (4) Improve the lot of the poor who are the
minority.
The Environment and Land Management Sector developed an environmental policy, which formed
the basis of Agenda 21. This policy is based on the main problems faced by the SADC member states,
namely, … (1) poor public participation. (2) inadequate monitoring of environmental issues (3)
increase in populations and strain on natural resources. (4) insufficient monitoring of environmental
issues.
The following objectives are some of the main objectives of the SADC: (1) Make profit. (2) Create job
opportunities in the food industry. (3) Hand out food parcels to 4 million unemployed people south
of the Sahara. (4) Sustainable utilisation of natural resources and conservation of the environment.
Which one of the following statements is correct? (1) Tropical forests in developed countries such as
the Ivory Coast, Nigeria, India and Thailand are especially vulnerable. (2) Plants counteract soil
erosion and prevent the build-up of large amounts of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which
contribute to the greenhouse effect. (3) At the current rate, all the tropical forests will be restored
within 40 years. (4) Soil erosion is an unnatural process, and is dramatically exacerbated by human
actions.