What permissions are required to harvest red sandalwood?
Quick answerHarvest of cultivated red sandalwood follows the Andhra Pradesh Forest Department permission process in force at that time. Documented, registered plantations exist precisely to make that application clean; exports additionally require CITES/DGFT compliance.
Felling and moving the timber require Forest Department permissions under the rules current at harvest. Your plantation’s registration, survey and GIS records support that application.
Because your harvest may be a decade away, the exact procedure will be whatever framework applies then, a genuine regulatory dependency we disclose as a risk.
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