Solution:

• The Wildlife Protection Act, 1972 is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted for the protection of plants and animal species.

• It has six schedules which give varying degrees of protection.

• Schedule I and part II of Schedule II provide absolute protection – offences under these are prescribed the highest penalties.

• Species listed in Schedule III and Schedule IV are also protected, but the penalties are much lower.

• Schedule V includes the animals which may be hunted.

• The specified endemic plants in Schedule VI are prohibited from cultivation and planting.

• Endemic plants are special because they are found in only one location on the planet, and nowhere else

• Nepenthes khasiana is an endemic plant to India