Policy Framework
Wildlife Protection Act, 1972
- The Act adopts a two pronged conservation strategy—
- Specified endangered species are protected regardless of location,
- All species are protected in specified areas.
- It provides for the protection of a listed species of animals, birds, and plants, and also for the establishment of a network of ecologically-important protected areas in the country.
- It mandates for the formation of wildlife advisory boards, wildlife wardens, specifies their powers and duties, etc.
- It helped India become a party to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).
- It prohibited the hunting of endangered species.
- It provides for the establishment ....
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