Environment & Ecology · Environment

Consider the following points regarding the Great Nicobar Island Project (GNIP) and related environmental governance: I. The Great Nicobar Island Project envisages a trans-shipment port, an international airport, township development, and a gas-and-solar-based power plant. II. The National Green Tribunal (NGT) functions as an appellate authority over all forest clearances granted under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980 and can suo motu cancel such clearances. III. Community forest rights of indigenous tribes under the Forest Rights Act, 2006 must be settled prior to diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes. IV. Leatherback turtle nesting habitats and coral ecosystems in Great Nicobar fall within ecologically sensitive zones that can be impacted by large infrastructure projects. V. Historical cases of large-scale phosphate mining in Nauru and Banaba demonstrate that island ecosystems can be irreversibly degraded by extractive economic activity. How many of the above points are correct?