With reference to Eco-Sensitive Areas (ESA) in India, consider the following statements:
1. The Eco-Sensitive Areas are notified by the state governments under the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972.
2. The primary objective of declaring an area as ESA is to completely prohibit all human activities to protect biodiversity.
3. The Kasturirangan Committee recommended that more than one-third of the total Western Ghats area be declared as an ESA.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
1
1 and 2 only
2
2 and 3 only
3
3 only
4
1, 2, and 3