Indian Wildlife Protection Act

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Indian legislation environmental law

The Indian Wildlife Protection Act is a key environmental law in India that provides legal protection to wild animals, birds, and plants, regulates hunting and trade, and establishes protected areas to conserve biodiversity.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972	6
Wildlife Protection Act, 1972	5
Indian Wildlife Protection Act canonical	2
Wildlife (Protection) Act	1
Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (for wildlife trade control)	1
Wildlife Protection Act	1
Wildlife Protection Act of India	1

Statements (32)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian legislation ⓘ environmental law ⓘ
aimsTo	control illegal wildlife trade ⓘ prevent overexploitation of wildlife ⓘ protect endangered species ⓘ
contains	schedules for protection of species ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
enactedBy	Parliament of India ⓘ
establishes	legal framework for wildlife conservation in India ⓘ
focusesOn	in-situ conservation of species ⓘ
legalMechanism	penalties for illegal hunting ⓘ penalties for illegal trade in wildlife ⓘ regulation of possession of wildlife derivatives ⓘ
primaryPurpose	conservation of biodiversity ⓘ protection of wild animals ⓘ protection of wild birds ⓘ protection of wild plants ⓘ
providesFor	creation of community reserves ⓘ creation of conservation reserves ⓘ creation of national parks ⓘ creation of wildlife sanctuaries ⓘ establishment of protected areas ⓘ
regulates	hunting of wild animals ⓘ trade in wildlife ⓘ trade in wildlife products ⓘ
scope	wild animals ⓘ wild birds ⓘ wild plants ⓘ
shortName	Indian Wildlife Protection Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act Indian Wildlife Protection Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Wildlife Protection Act
supports	long-term conservation of habitats ⓘ management of protected areas ⓘ

Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

great Indian bustard → protectedUnder → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

Andaman and Nicobar Islands Forest Department → usesLaw → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Sri Venkateswara National Park → legalProtection → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act of India

West Bengal Forest Department → implementsPolicy → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Indian Wildlife Protection Act → shortName → Indian Wildlife Protection Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act

Indian Wildlife Protection Act → shortName → Indian Wildlife Protection Act self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act

Assam Forest Department → usesLaw → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

Project Tiger reserve → legalFramework → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Indian Customs → legalFramework → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 (for wildlife trade control)

chinkara → protectedBy → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

Himachal Pradesh Forest Department → usesLegalFramework → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

Maharashtra Forest Department → appliesRegulation → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Uttarakhand Forest Department → follows → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife Protection Act, 1972

Forest Conservation Act, 1980 → linkedLegislation → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

Wildlife Crime Control Bureau → legalBasis → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

National Tiger Conservation Authority → legalBasis → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972

MoEFCC → implements → Indian Wildlife Protection Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972