The sandalwood act amended in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, 2001 and 2002

A study on file says the amendments declared private sandalwood growers the owners of their trees, after a sharp decline in the sandalwood population.

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Date

2001–2002 (range)

documented

Realizing the sharp decline in the sandalwood population, the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Forest department amended the sandalwood act in 2001 and 2002 and declared the private sandalwood growers himself an owner of the sandalwood as per the amended Act.

GC-8 · Fatima T, Krishnan R, Srivastava A, Hanur VS, Rao MS · read 2026-09-30

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Kind

regulation

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confidence B

What happened

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu amend the sandalwood act, making private growers the owners of their sandalwood.

documented

Realizing the sharp decline in the sandalwood population, the Karnataka and Tamil Nadu Forest department amended the sandalwood act in 2001 and 2002 and declared the private sandalwood growers himself an owner of the sandalwood as per the amended Act.

GC-8 · Fatima T, Krishnan R, Srivastava A, Hanur VS, Rao MS · read 2026-09-30

confidence A

Place

not on record

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Materials

• sandalwood oil

Botanicals

• Santalum album L.

Origins

• Mysore (Mysuru), Karnataka

Sources

1. GC-8 · Fatima T, Krishnan R, Srivastava A, Hanur VS, Rao MS. Comparative transcriptome profiling of high and low oil yielding Santalum album L. PLoS ONE 2022;17(4):e0252173. DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0252173. PMID 35482775. PMCID PMC9049570. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252173 · read 2026-09-30 · Creative Commons Attribution License (PLoS open access, as the article states); short quotes only, the text is not filed

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