These churches do not wait months and years
for official clearance while an idea passes through some bureaucratic labyrinth.
The department's Web page says the approval process can take 3 months, but reports in the Indian and American media since February 2007 have told how some researchers, including American Fulbright grantees, have had to wait 9 to 12 months
for official clearance.
An ambitious effort to save a diminutive porpoise called the vaquita has received
the official clearance to move forward.