Sandal (<i>Santalum album</i> L.) conservation in southern India: A review of policies and their impacts

Sandal (<i>Santalum album</i> L.) conservation in southern India: A review of policies and their impacts

Authors

  • Dhanya Bhaskar Senior Research Fellow, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003
  • Syam Viswanath Scientist E and Head, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003
  • Seema Purushothaman llow and Convenor, Centre for Policy and Governance, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur , Bangalore-560064

Keywords:

Participatory management, Sandal extraction, Trade liberalization, Tree domestication

Abstract

Legal barriers for growing sandal, have so far prevented private initiatives for domestication/conservation of this prized tree of Indian forests, accelerated its illegal harvesting from natural forests, and admittedly failed to conserve this resource. We attempted to critically examine the sandal conservation efforts in India especially from a policy perspective, through a detailed review of the various Acts framed for conserving this resource and regulating its extraction and trade. Legal constraints that hamper private initiatives in ex situ sandal conservation/domestication and inconsistency in legal provisions related to sandal extraction and trade among the major producer states of southern India viz. Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala are the principal focus of this paper. The need for liberalization of the existing policy regime and evolution of a comprehensive management strategy for sandal, focusing on tree domestication and strengthening of in situ conservation measures backed by imaginative participatory management strategies, are highlighted.

Author Biographies

Dhanya Bhaskar, Senior Research Fellow, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003

Senior Research Fellow, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003

Syam Viswanath, Scientist E and Head, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003

Scientist E and Head, Tree Improvement and propagation Division, Institute of Wood Science and Technology, Malleswaram P.O.,Bangalore-560003

Seema Purushothaman, llow and Convenor, Centre for Policy and Governance, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur , Bangalore-560064

Fellow and Convenor, Centre for Policy and Governance, Ashoka Trust for Research in Ecology and the Environment Royal Enclave, Srirampura, Jakkur , Bangalore-560064

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Published

26-12-2010

How to Cite

Bhaskar, D., Viswanath, S., & Purushothaman, S. (2010). Sandal (<i>Santalum album</i> L.) conservation in southern India: A review of policies and their impacts. Journal of Tropical Agriculture, 48(2), 1–10. Retrieved from https://jtropag.kau.in/index.php/ojs2/article/view/215

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Review/Synthesis

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