(21/10/2014) has fixed the price of sorted Sandalwood before being passed for sale,
the maximum and minimum price varies from Rs. 8338/kg (China Budh and Ghotla)
to Rs. 3056/kg (Hatri Chilta), respectively (Table 1).
As per the first all India Sandalwood survey, Sandalwood is present in many
parts of India. Apart from peninsular Indian states, it is found in Orissa, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in
Assam. From the legal perspective, some of the states in India that specifically
mention about Sandalwood harvest are as follows (MoEF 2012):
Tamil Nadu: In case of Sandalwood grown by the Government, the
harvesting/cutting of Sandalwood trees in a forest and subsequent transportation
outside are governed by the Madras Forest Act, 1882. To facilitate Sandalwood
cultivation, land owners have been allowed to own and grow Sandalwood trees on
their land, with the restriction that the disposal should be through forest department.
Kerala: According to ‘Promotion of Tree growth in Non- forest Areas Act,
2005’, in the non forest area, the land owner is permitted to cut and transport any
tree, other than Sandalwood tree growing on his land.
Maharashtra: Tree Felling in private lands is regulated by following three Acts:
(i) Maharashtra Felling of Tree (Act 1964), (ii) Maharashtra (Urban Areas)
Preservation of Trees Act, 1975; (iii) The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.
Permission for tree felling and transportation of forest produce is generally given by
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
1995-96 1997-98 1999-00 2001-02 2003-04 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2011-12 2013-14
Years
Quantity produced/seized (metric tons)
produced
seized
Fig. 1 Quantity of Sandalwood produced and seized in Karnataka from 1995–1996 to 2013–14.
Source Annual Reports, Karnataka Forest Department
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the maximum and minimum price varies from Rs. 8338/kg (China Budh and Ghotla)
to Rs. 3056/kg (Hatri Chilta), respectively (Table 1).
As per the first all India Sandalwood survey, Sandalwood is present in many
parts of India. Apart from peninsular Indian states, it is found in Orissa, Madhya
Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan, Gujarat and in
Assam. From the legal perspective, some of the states in India that specifically
mention about Sandalwood harvest are as follows (MoEF 2012):
Tamil Nadu: In case of Sandalwood grown by the Government, the
harvesting/cutting of Sandalwood trees in a forest and subsequent transportation
outside are governed by the Madras Forest Act, 1882. To facilitate Sandalwood
cultivation, land owners have been allowed to own and grow Sandalwood trees on
their land, with the restriction that the disposal should be through forest department.
Kerala: According to ‘Promotion of Tree growth in Non- forest Areas Act,
2005’, in the non forest area, the land owner is permitted to cut and transport any
tree, other than Sandalwood tree growing on his land.
Maharashtra: Tree Felling in private lands is regulated by following three Acts:
(i) Maharashtra Felling of Tree (Act 1964), (ii) Maharashtra (Urban Areas)
Preservation of Trees Act, 1975; (iii) The Maharashtra Land Revenue Code, 1966.
Permission for tree felling and transportation of forest produce is generally given by
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
700
1995-96 1997-98 1999-00 2001-02 2003-04 2005-06 2007-08 2009-10 2011-12 2013-14
Years
Quantity produced/seized (metric tons)
produced
seized
Fig. 1 Quantity of Sandalwood produced and seized in Karnataka from 1995–1996 to 2013–14.
Source Annual Reports, Karnataka Forest Department
382
A.N. Arunkumar et al.