The first wildlife action plan was unveiled in 1983 and the second in 2002.
The Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has only released basic points of the plan. There are 103 conservation actions and 250 projects in the final plan, of which seven conservation actions and 11 projects relate to climate change.
This is the first wildlife action plan which incorporates and talks about the effects of climate change on wildlife. The first two were designed when there was no conversation about climate change or the adverse consequences it had.
This plan was drafted by a 12-member committee chaired by JC Kala, a former secretary to the ministry. The plan adopts a “landscape approach”to the conservation of all wildlife that has an ecological value. The plan gives a special importance to the threatened species. It focuses on protecting their habitats and gives them the possible attention.
