News Headline
Why the Environment Ministry’s Proposed Changes to Wildlife Act Will Weaken it
Source
The Wire
Publication Date
2022-01-20
Kochi: India enacted its Wild Life (Protection) Act, or WLPA, 50 years ago as its principal law to protect and conserve its wildlife. In December 2021, the Union environment ministry announced a plan to amend this Act in ways “welcome” and “positive” as well as in others that experts say could remove protections for scores of animal, bird, plant and insect species and endangering yet others, while rolling out unscientific or populist measures in the country.