United Nations Organization has declared decade 2011-2020 as :

Asked in CGPSC Prelims Exam 2019 · Topic: Biodiversity (Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and its Protocols (Cartagena, Nagoya))

1. Decade on Biodiversity
2. Decade on Pollution
3. Decade on Space Technology
4. Decade on Animal Health

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