Wildlife trade prohibition restricts import and export and mandates schedule-based licensing for protected species under the Wild Life Act. Import and export of wildlife are prohibited under the Exim Policy, relying on the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Act's Schedules classify animals and plants into categories that trigger legal effects: Schedule I entries are subject to prohibition on dealing and hunting; Schedules II-IV generally require licences for dealing and prohibit hunting for many taxa; Schedule V lists vermin excluded from the wild animal definition; Schedule VI lists plants for which dealing and cultivation require Chief Wild Life Warden licences.
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Wildlife trade prohibition restricts import and export and mandates schedule-based licensing for protected species under the Wild Life Act.
Import and export of wildlife are prohibited under the Exim Policy, relying on the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972. The Act's Schedules classify animals and plants into categories that trigger legal effects: Schedule I entries are subject to prohibition on dealing and hunting; Schedules II-IV generally require licences for dealing and prohibit hunting for many taxa; Schedule V lists vermin excluded from the wild animal definition; Schedule VI lists plants for which dealing and cultivation require Chief Wild Life Warden licences.
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