UPSC Civil Services Model Paper 4

BirdLife International is a global partnership of conservation organizations (NGOs) that strives to conserve birds, their habitats, and global biodiversity,working with people towards sustainability in the use of natural resources. Hence statement 1 is correct .
The concept of biodiversity hotspots was developed by Norman Myers in 1988. Hence statement 2 is incorrect .
The IBA Programme of Bird Life International aims to identify, monitor, and protect a global network of IBAs for the conservation of the world's birds and another biodiversity. Hence statement 3 is correct .
As of 2009, nearly 11,000 sites in some 200 countries and territories have been identified as Important Bird Areas.
Bird Life Partnership works collectively to identify, document, and protect the places of the greatest significance for the conservation of Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas (IBAs).