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Correct Answer: Option (A) — 1, 2 and 4
Concept & Option Breakdown
Standard Reference VerifiedStatement 1 is correct: The New York Declaration on Forests (NYDF) was endorsed at the UN Climate Summit held in New York in September 2014.
Statement 2 is correct: It sets ambitious voluntary goals to halve the rate of deforestation by 2020 and completely end natural forest loss by 2030.
Statement 3 is incorrect: NYDF is a non-legally binding political declaration.
Statement 4 is correct: It has been endorsed by national and sub-national governments, multinational companies, civil society, and indigenous peoples' organisations.
Statement 5 is incorrect: India did not sign or endorse the declaration at its inception.
International declarations are almost universally voluntary and non-legally binding. Identifying Statement 3 as false immediately eliminates options (b) and (c).
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