Question

With reference to the Wildlife (Protection) Act 1972, consider the following statements:

1. It was formed in order to fulfil India’s international obligation under the Convention on Biological Diversity.

2. As per the law only a part of the wild animal is considered as a wildlife trophy.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

1. 1 only
2. 2 only
3. Both 1 and 2
4. Neither 1 nor 2

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : Neither 1 nor 2

The correct answer is Neither 1 nor 2.

 

• Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was signed in 1992, much later after the Wildlife Act 1972.
• Wildlife trophy is not part of WPA1972.
• The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) is an international agreement adopted at the Earth Summit, in Rio de Janeiro, in 1992. Hence statements 1 and 2 are not correct.

  

• The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 currently consists of 7 chapters, its 66 sections, and six schedules.
• This Act has been amended 6 times till now—in 1982, 1986, 1991, 1993, 2002, and 2006.
• It directs rules for using any wild animal for the purposes of education, scientific research without killing and harming the wild animals.
• (The trophy is the animal or part of the animal kept and usually displayed, to represent the success of the hunt.)

 

• The Convention on Biological Diversity is the international legal instrument for “the conservation of biological diversity, the sustainable use of its components and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the utilization of genetic resources” that has been ratified by 196 nations.