3 Aug 2022

The Lok Sabha on Wednesday passed the Wild Life (Protection) Amendment Bill 2021, which aims for better management of protected areas and provides for certain permitted activities such as grazing or movement of livestock, and bona fide use of drinking and household water by local communities.

The bill was moved by the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav and was passed after discussion. The bill was introduced to amend the Wild Life Protection Act of 1972 by implementing the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) and expanding the number of species protected by the convention.

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