About 20,000 tonnes of Red Sanders were smuggled from India between 2016 and 2020: Report

Category : Environment Conservation | Location : National  | Posted on 2023-02-03 06:40:42

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) recorded 28 incidents of confiscation and seizure of more than 19,049 tonnes of Red Sanders logs. These had been exported from India between 2016 and 2020 after being illegally extracted from the wild, according to a new factsheet.