Syllabus: GS-III
Subject: Environment & Ecology
Topic: Biodiversity and Conservation
Issue: Wildlife Protection Act,1972.
Context: The Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a resolution advising the Central government to amend the Wildlife Protection Act to address human-wildlife conflicts.
Demanded Amendments:
- Aims to eliminate wildlife intrusions into human habitations, which endanger lives, damage property, destroy crops, and prey on livestock.
- To declare wild pigs as vermin and the implementation of scientific and humane wildlife population control measures.Top of Form
(+ Prelims Connect)
| Schedule I and
part II of schedule II |
Animals which are in the category of endangered species. These are given absolute protection from hunting. Eg: Tiger. |
| Schedule III and IV | These also have roughly the same provisions of section I and II, but cover animals that are not in danger of becoming extinct. |
| Schedule V | Delineates animals that can be hunted like ducks and deer’s with the prior permission of chief wildlife warden. (Vermins) |
| Schedule VI | Concerns cultivation and plant life and gives teeth to setting up more protected animal parks. |
