SCHEDULE 3 OF WILDLIFE PROTECTION (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2022 - ENVIRONMENT
News:
Wildlife conservation
gets a boost with timely amendment
What's
in the news?
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Section 2-I6A defines exotic and invasive
species of animals and plants whose induction or spread may adversely affect
animals, plants and their habitats, with a provision in Sec-62A to control,
check, regulate and also destroy such alien species.
Schedule
III of Wildlife Protection (Amendment) Act, 2022:
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It aims to protect the plant species.
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This provides for regulation in the
cultivation of a specified plant and restricts its possession, sale and
transportation.
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Both
cultivation and trade of specified plants can only be
carried out with the prior permission of the competent authority.
List:
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Beddomes’ cycad (Native to India)
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Blue Vanda (Blue Orchid)
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Red Vanda (Red Orchid)
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Kuth (Saussurea
lappa)
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Slipper orchids (Paphiopedilum spp.)
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Pitcher plant (Nepenthes khasiana).
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Neelakurinji
Further
Reference - Wildlife Protection Act, 1972