If a particular plant species is placed under Schedule VI of The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, what is the implication?
✓ Correct answer: a) A licence is required to cultivate that plant.
ExplanationThe Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 has six schedules.Schedule VI mandates, ‘no person is allowed to cultivate a speci- fied plant mentioned in schedule 6, except with a licence granted by the Chief WildLife Warden’.The plants mentioned in the sixth schedule includes:Beddomes CycadBlue VandaKuthLadies slipper orchidsPitcher plantRed Vanda The Wildlife (Protection) Amendment Act, 2022 has re- duced the total number of schedules to four by –Reducing the number of schedules for specially protected animals to two (one for greater protection level),The Amendment has removed the schedule for vermin species, andThe Amendment has inserted a new schedule for specimens listed in the Appendices under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).Appendix I of CITES includes the world’s most endangered plants and animals.128
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