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हिन्दी — Read in HindiBiodiversity and wildlife law in India
India's biodiversity and wildlife law and the bodies that run it: the Biological Diversity Act and its three tiers, access and benefit sharing, zoos and animal welfare. Prelims has asked about Biodiversity Management Committees and what Schedule I protection means.
Foundation note: The Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972: the schedules
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Notifying threatened species under Section 38
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Section 38 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 lets the Centre, consulting the State, notify a species on the verge of extinction as threatened.
- Notification regulates or prohibits the species' collection and provides for its rehabilitation; the power may be delegated to States.
- State Biodiversity Boards identify candidates and recommend them.
What changed
26 Jun 2026BriefThe National Biodiversity Authority released a standard operating procedure for notifying threatened species, from scientific assessment through notification to recovery plans and review. The Environment Ministry has notified 159 plant and 173 animal species as threatened. PIB, 26 Jun 2026: National Biodiversity Authority Releases SOP for Scientific Identification and Notification of Threatened Species by States and Union Territories (opens in a new tab)