{"id":28958,"date":"2018-10-24T15:56:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:26:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=28958"},"modified":"2018-10-24T15:56:35","modified_gmt":"2018-10-24T10:26:35","slug":"protect-the-great-and-small","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/protect-the-great-and-small\/","title":{"rendered":"Protect the great and small"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Protect the great and small<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>News:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>The Centre has been gathering inputs from the States on the proposed amendments to Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong><u>Important Facts:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li>Species are given varying degrees of protection under 6 schedules of the Wildlife Act. Currently, there are 909 entries in the Schedules<\/li>\n<li>The schedule lists vital as they determine anti-poaching regulations and measures for habitat protection<\/li>\n<li>Issues with Schedule list of Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Heavy and out-dated list<\/li>\n<li>No inclusion of scientific research<\/li>\n<li>Inconsistencies: Confusion between endemic and rare<\/li>\n<li>For example: Crimson rose, (butterfly) that is widely found in south India, remains as protected as the tiger. On the other hand, near-threatened striped hyena is in Schedule III along with \u201cleast concern\u201d species of wild pig or barking deer<\/li>\n<li>Exclusion: For example, There is no mention of 659 Indian endangered fish species<\/li>\n<li>Regional\/local factors not given due importance:<\/li>\n<li>For example, Deer and elephants (features in Schedules III and I, respectively)which were introduced in Andaman and Nicobar Islands by British have caused adversely impacted the native flora and fauna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>5.Way Forward:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>States should decide inclusion and exclusion of species for protection in the Schedule lists of the Wildlife Act<\/li>\n<li>Species should be duly ranked in conservation value,<\/li>\n<li>A multi-parameter list-local habitat loss, cultural significance, population decline to be kept in mind<\/li>\n<li>Lists should constantly be updated through local research<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Protect the great and small News: The Centre has been gathering inputs from the States on the proposed amendments to Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 Important Facts: Species are given varying degrees of protection under 6 schedules of the Wildlife Act. Currently, there are 909 entries in the Schedules The schedule lists vital as they determine&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/protect-the-great-and-small\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Protect the great and small<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-test-1","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704476550},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28958"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28958\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}