Why red gold is too hot for locals to touch
Government prohibits imports of red sanders woodThe directorate general of foreign trade (DGFT), in a notification, said it has shifted imports of this wood from "free" to "prohibited" ca...
Red sanders smuggling comes down in Andhra PradeshIn the last 15 years, red sanders worth about Rs 25,000 crores was smuggled to foreign countries, it added.
Environment ministry keeps Red Sanders out of Wildlife Protection ActRed sanders is a big revenue earner for Andhra Pradesh. The state earned over Rs 1,000 crore from auctioning the wood last year.
Third phase of red sanders auction may fetch over Rs 800 croreAP government is looking forward to raise another Rs 800 crore from the sale of 2,868 metric tonnes of seized stock of the precious wood in...
20 red sanders woodcutters held in Andhra PradeshPolice have arrested 20 suspected red sanders woodcutters from Railway Kodur mandal of the district and seized 23 red sander wood logs wort...
- More than 13,000 metric tonnes red sanders seized in AP
More than 13,000 metric tonnes red sanders wood have been seized in Andhra Pradesh as part of efforts to curb illegal cutting and transport...
Extensive policy for Red Sanders conversation put forwardTRAFFIC, an international wildlife trade monitoring network working on conservation of plants and wild animals,has said the current policy ...
Andhra Pradesh government eyes Rs 1,000 crore from 2nd round of red sanders auctionThe sale of seized red sanders in log form, cut by smugglers in Seshachalam forests, will be conducted for four days from June 17.
Andhra Pradesh's u-turn: Lift ban on red sander trees fellingThe state government has written to the Union forests ministry for removing red sanders from the endangered list, a move that has attracted...
Combing on in Andhra Pradesh forests; 14 red sanders smugglers detained by policeThe Andhra Pradesh government had in June 2013 formed a Special Task Force to check smuggling of red sandalwood in the state.
20 shot dead for alleged smuggling of red sanders in Andhra PradeshIn a separate incident in Telangana, police killed five suspected Students Islamic Movement of India (Simi) terrorists when they allegedly ...
ED registers case against red sander smuggler Kollam Gangi ReddyThe Enforcement Directorate has registered a case under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against the red sander smuggler Kollam Ga...
Supreme Court seeks responses from Centre, Andhra Pradesh over export of Red SandersSupreme Court sought responses from the Centre and Andhra Pradesh government on a plea seeking prohibition on export of Red Sanders wood.
- Andhra Pradesh government to promote red-sanders plantation; tightens vigil
Red sanders is endemic to the forests of Seshachalam, Veliganda, Lankamala and Palakonda hill ranges distributed in districts of Kadapa and...
AP gets Centre's nod to sell red sanders via global tendersAndhra Pradesh government is getting ready to sell red sanders in an auction through global tenders as the forest commodity has huge demand...
Andhra Pradesh to invite global tenders for red sander saleAndhra Pradesh received the approval from the director general of foreign trade (DGFT) to sell over 8,000 tonne of red sanders.