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A price to pay
By R. Sujatha
CHENNAI,
OCT. 19.
Rampant poaching has resulted in a drastic fall in forest wealth, particularly sandalwood trees. Though organised planting of teak and rosewood has been taken up, it is not possible to cultivate sandalwood because there is no technique yet.
"There is no grown sandalwood tree in Indian forests. Hence, there has been no poaching for sometime now. It will take 10 years for the young trees growing in the wild to bear scented wood," according to S. Paulraj, District Forest Officer, Hosur division. He attributes the loss to organised smuggling.
Selective poaching of wild elephants has caused a heavy fall in their population. According to the 2002 census, for every adult tusker there are roughly five cows. But the figures are better than those of the earlier census, when it was one tusker to 12 cows.
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