Hyderabad: Red Sanders, the most smuggled wood in this country, returned to the International Union for natural conservation (IUCN) red list of endangered species.
Declared species threatened in 2018 and have now been added to the red list of endangered species from the IUCN 2021 released recently.
Red Sanders are endemic with Rayalaseema in Andhra Pradesh and, according to IUCN, there are around 50-80% of the number.
“Even though the intense harvest of species since the 16th century was largely maintained in this geographical range.
However, over time it has experienced a severe decline.
This is caused by illegal harvests that are constantly driven by demand for attractive wood.
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“The excess harvest of the species has left the tilted population structure, with trees that can be harvested and due to rare and make less than 5% of trees in the wild,” IUCN added.
Increasing the red flag on his logging, IUCN, said, “This species is theoretically prohibited from international trade, which is registered under Appendix II CITES, while the harvest is limited to the state level through the law.
However, there are still illegal harvests.
And trade in species To meet global demand.
This is evidenced by large volumes of wood and red sanders products confiscated by the authorities at all stages of illegal supply chains.
Decreasing mature population size and limited regeneration potential and reduced seeds.
The set can contribute to genetic erosion at Future.
“Furthermore said,” The pressure on the wild population does not leave the time for species to recover naturally, which is exacerbated by its slow growth rate.
At further risk of losing anthropogenic habitat caused by local grazing for local wood and wood burn.
Trees can also be composed by species and Invasive disease.
All of these threats peaked in reduced wild populations and, therefore, allegedly that for the last three generations, the species had experienced a population decline of 50% to 80%.
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It was considered endangered.
“Urgent for physical prevention and need more patrols in Andhra Pradesh, IUCN said,” This conservation effort must remain in place and be strengthened to reduce further smuggling.
Species cultivation in plantations must be promoted and need to be monitored better supporting legal trade too.
Also, opportunities to increase harvest and trade in cultivation shares must be investigated to relieve some pressure on wild red sanders populations.
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