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UPSC 2015: With reference to ‘Forest Carbon Partnership Facility’, which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. It is a global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and indigenous peoples. 2. It provides financial aid to universities, individual scientists and institutions involved in scientific forestry research to develop eco-friendly and climate adaptation technologies for sustainable forest management. 3. It assists the countries in their ‘REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation+)’ efforts by providing them with financial and technical assistance. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
(a)1 only
(b)2 and 3 only
(c)1 and 3 only
(d)1, 2 and 3
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The Forest Carbon Partnership Facility is a World Bank-hosted global partnership of governments, businesses, civil society and Indigenous Peoples that provides financial and technical support to countries for their REDD+ programmes. It does not give research grants to individual universities or scientists. Hence only statements 1 and 3 are correct. ([worldbank.org](https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2023/12/01/world-bank-carbon-credits-to-boost-international-carbon-markets?utm_source=openai))
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