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Consider the following statements about the 'Biodiversity Hotspots' and select the correct answer using the code given below:

1. The concept of biodiversity hotspot was developed by Norman Myers in

1988.

2. A biodiversity hotspot must contain 1500 or 0.5 per cent of the total endemic plants.

3. A biodiversity hotspot may be the area which has lost at least 70 per cen of its primary vegetation.

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A)  1 and 2 are correct        

B)  2 and 3 are correct

C)  1 and 3 are correct        

D)  1, 2 and 3 are correct