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Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act, 1994 (No. 1 of 1995).

Country/Territory
India
Territorial subdivision
Tamil Nadu
Document type
Legislation
Date
1995 (2010)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Long title
An Act to provide for the conservation of rosewood trees in the State and for matters connected therewith or ancillary or incidental thereto.
Subject
Forestry, Wild species & ecosystems
Keyword
Authorization/permit Forest management/forest conservation Protection forest Forest species Forestry protection measures Protection of species Management/conservation
Geographical area
Asia, Asia and the Pacific, Indian Ocean, South Asian Seas, Southern Asia
Abstract

This Act prohibits any person from cutting, felling, girdling, lopping, tapping, burning, uprooting or otherwise damaging any rosewood trees in any forest in the State. Further, the Act also prohibits the transport, sale or possession of rosewood trees. However, as per the Act, dead or fallen rosewood trees may be removed with the permission of the prescribed authority. Additionally, the Act provides for penalties for violating the provisions of the Act. "Rosewood tree" includes Blackwood rose wood, Indian rosewood and Malabar black wood, their stumps and brush woods and also includes rose wood trees when they have fallen or have been felled and all rose wood whether cut up or fashioned or hollowed out for any purpose or not.

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