Indian rosewood faces exploitation and decline in Tamil Nadu due to lack of protection, posing a threat to biodiversity.
Only 17.2% of India’s suitable habitat for Dalbergia latifolia — Indian rosewood — lies within protected areas, according to recent habitat modelling by the Institute of Wood Science and Technology (IWST), Bengaluru.
The species, native to Tamil Nadu’s Nilgiris, Anamalai, and Parambikulam ranges, now finds itself largely unprotected and increasingly vulnerable to exploitation as the State government decided not to renew the Tamil Nadu Rosewood (Conservation) Act, 1995 beyond February 2025.
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