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And the Act says

All wildlife research in India is governed by provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972:

• Section 28 leaves it to the discretion of the chief wildlife warden of a state to give permission

"to any person a permit to enter or reside in a sanctuary for all or any of the following purposes, namely:

• Investigation or study of wildlife and purposes ancillary or incidental thereto;

• Photography;

• Scientific research;

• Tourism;

• Transaction of lawful business with any person residing in the sanctuary.'

• Another section that restricts use of even plants for research is section 17 B, which grants permit for so called special purposes:

• "The Chief Wild Life Warden may with the previous permission of the State Government, grant to any person a permit to pick, uproot, acquire or collect from a forest land or the area specified under section 17A or transport, subject to such conditions as may be specified therein, any specified plant for the purpose of

• education;

• scientific research.,

• collection, preservation and display in a herbarium of any scientific institutions; or

• propagation by a person or an institution approved by the Central Government in this regard.'

• Then there are other provisions about working with animals and species listed on Schedule I or II of the Act. In such cases permission has to be sought directly from Delhi for any kind of research that is invasive (includes handling of animals).

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