New notification in wildlife trade: Basics Explained
After 40 years India has revised, its rules on the wildlife trade there by excluded some species from the process of issuing licences for their wildlife trade.
A notification titled: Wildlife (Protection) Licencing (Additional Matters for Consideration) Rules, 2024, by the Union Environment Ministry provides guidelines on matters to consider before granting licence to those dealing in captive animals, snake venom, trophy animals, and stuffed animals. Licensing rules published in 1983 were being implemented until now.
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| The rules published in 1983 | New guidelines |
| No such licence shall be granted to trade in a wild animal specified in Schedule I or Part II of Schedule II to the Wildlife Protection Act, 1972, except with the previous consultation of the central government. | No such licence shall be granted if it relates to any wild animal specified in Schedule I to the Act, except with the previous consultation of the Central Government |
| the original law had six schedules—Schedule I for animals with highest priority particularly endangered species; Schedule II species with a relatively lesser degree of protection; Schedule III and IV for non-endangered species; Schedule V for vermin; and schedule VI for plant species. | In the amendment act (2022) Schedule I specifies the animal species with the highest level of protection, and Schedule II specifies the animal species with a relatively lower degree of protection. Schedule III in the amendment act is for plant species and Schedule IV is for species protected under Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). |
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