With the Tamil Nadu Rosewood Trees (Conservation) Act quietly lapsing in Feb 2025 after three decades, and no new safeguards ...

Tamil Nadu government decides not to renew Rosewood Trees Act, citing benefits to farmers and alignment with green cover ...

Thailand has also joined, proposing that CITES remove the finished products exemption for Siamese rosewood. The inclusion of timber species and genus in the CITES CoP discussions is a recent ...

The Brazilian rosewood tree sometimes attains a height of 125 feet, and a diameter up to 4 feet. Old defective stems yield the most attractive wood grain and color.

And, according to scientists, the problem of rosewood logging runs deeper than rare trees. For instance, in West Africa, felling rosewood can dry out forests and leave them vulnerable to fires and ...