BENGALURU: The bio-park of Bangalore University’s Jnanabharathi campus lost 36 sandalwood trees in slightly more than a year, a reply to an RTI query has revealed. Twenty-six of these were chopped and smuggled by miscreants in December 2017 alone. The 1,000-acre campus is home to the largest number of sandalwood …
Forest Act has been made flexible and hence farmers can earn income by growing sandalwood in their land, said Chief Conservator of Forests K Sundar Naik. He was speaking at a workshop on growing new varieties of bamboo and sandalwood at Aranya Bhavana here on Tuesday. Government has released Rs …
By P M Raghunandan, DH News Service, Bangalore: With sandalwood production hitting the rock bottom, the State Forest department has decided to adopt Australian model to regain the States lost glory as Srighandadanaadu. The department, as per the new plan, will develop exclusive sandalwood estates, where the scented trees will …
POLICE in the city are in an unenviable position as sandalwood trees continue to be the target of thieves who smuggle them to Kerala, from where they are taken to other states. This despite various measures taken by them to bust the smuggler gangs. Police sources said some time back …
The Customs yesterday nabbed a stock of red sandalwood worth over Rs.10 million which was illegally imported to Sri Lanka from India. The Customs official attached to the Import Division made the detection after searching a 40foot container which had been sent from India recently. Assistant Superintendent of Customs Import …
A special team of the Coimbatore City Police late on Saturday night arrested in Kerala three of a 10-member inter-State sandalwood smuggling gang that robbed two policemen of a pistol here on February 23. The pistol was not recovered. The city police had constituted special teams to probe the incident. …
India lost more than Rs 100 crore due to illegal felling and smuggling of rare and costly trees like sandalwood and teak between 2004 and 2006. The ministry of environment and forests admits that felling and smuggling of rare and costly trees like sandalwood and teak has been reported from …
While Western Australia has set up plantations of Indian sandalwood in a big way, in its homeland, India, sandalwood production is on its last leg. The government's strict control and apathy towards sandalwood plantation in the country is well known. That and massive smuggling are said to have led to …
Sandalwood, valued for its heartwood, is a semi-parisitic plant, that is, it requires a host plant to grow. It belongs to the genus Santalum and in total there are 16 species of the plant. Indian sandalwood, Santalum album, grows the fastest and has the greatest percentage of oil in its …
Time to tell all: The Delhi High Court has issued notices to various departments and functionaries of the Union and Delhi governments on a public interest litigation seeking to ensure that manufacturers of tobacco and alcoholic products disclose the list of ingredients on product packets. Replies to the notices have …
koose Muniswamy Veerappan is dead. The thousands of commandos that combed the Satyamangalam forest in Tamil Nadu for 12 years, looking for him, must feel vindicated. The forest department must be celebrating. Now, it is being said, the dastardly sandalwood smuggling business will also die. But Karnataka still reports sandalwood …
during Tipu Sultan's reign over Mysore in the 18th century, the sandalwood tree was accorded royal status and brought under state control. Today the Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight months after the notification of amendments …
there are many lapses prevalent in sandalwood protection and storage, reveals the sixth report prepared by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on forest, ecology and environment and the Women and Child Welfare Department of the state legislature of Karnataka. The report, pertaining to the years 1992 to 2000, also reveals …
for thousands of years now, a stumpy tree prized for its heartwood and sandal oil, has been a source of pride for India. Yes, it is none other than the sandalwood tree. However, indiscriminate harvesting and rampant poaching have left the once luxuriant stands in shambles. It is feared that …
like the notorious sandalwood smuggler, Veerappan, the Karnataka government's promised reforms in sandalwood trade also remain elusive. On August 4, 2001, the Karnataka legislative assembly passed amendments to its forest act, supposedly deregularising the sandalwood trade. The state government ostensibly claims to have lifted government monopoly over sandalwood trade and …
Existing regulation Amendments Fallouts Sandal tree exclusive property of the government. News trees grown in private land will not be state property. Standing trees in private lands remain state property Failure on the part of landholder in informing about damage to sndal trees will attract penalty. The provision is done …
Early this month, the Karnataka legislative assembly passed the much-awaited legislation to deregulate the sandalwood business, by lifting government monopoly over sandalwood. The Karnataka Forest (Amendment) Bill, 2001 will now allow cultivation of sandal trees in private lands and the government will also revise its cost. The Bill comes as …
The Karnataka government has expressed optimism about the safe release of Kannada screen idol Rajkumar, who is being held hostage by sandalwood smuggler Veerappan. Tamil Nadu chief minister M Karunanidhi said that a four-member team of negotiators, including R R Gopal, editor of Tamil bi-weekly Nakkheeran, was negotiating with Veerappan …
