Dry land tree with good income potential

1. Red Sanders Tree Growers
Life in Danger

2. Difficulties of
Red Sanders -Tree Growers
• Many in Tamil nadu, AP also in other states
• More than 5 lakh trees are grown
• Taking risk of long term gestation
• No proper guidance / financial support
• Buyers / Dealers say policy restrictions
• Policy restriction increases smuggling & price
• Farmers are running around, not able to leave farm
So, Farmers Life is in Danger by Smugglers
GOI should be Responsible for It
• Many in Tamil nadu, AP also in other states
• More than 5 lakh trees are grown
• Taking risk of long term gestation
• No proper guidance / financial support
• Buyers / Dealers say policy restrictions
• Policy restriction increases smuggling & price
• Farmers are running around, not able to leave farm
So, Farmers Life is in Danger by Smugglers
GOI should be Responsible for It

3. Red Sanders Dealers say
Nowadays, they don’t deal with it,
due to policy restriction / delays
• DGFT prohibits raw wood export, only value added
products, like dye, handicrafts- where are Industries?
• IFGTB (CITES SA) does not include private land
population in NDF, due to their inability.
• WCCB (CITES MA) delays permission
• PCCF certificates – are delayed
• Custom delays, even for value added products
Some try to buy at very low price,
highlighting the policy hurdles.
• DGFT prohibits raw wood export, only value added
products, like dye, handicrafts- where are Industries?
• IFGTB (CITES SA) does not include private land
population in NDF, due to their inability.
• WCCB (CITES MA) delays permission
• PCCF certificates – are delayed
• Custom delays, even for value added products
Some try to buy at very low price,
highlighting the policy hurdles.

4. DGFT / Min. of Commerce
• First priority - Farmers or Industry (fictious) ?
• EXIM policy prohibits wood log export, permits
value added products, like dye, handicrafts etc
• Tried with some Handicrafts company, Biotech
companies, either fictious or they don’t deal
nowadays due to restrictions.
• Discussed with IITM-Dept of Biotech to make
extract, but they only facilitate research, not
providing technology
• First priority - Farmers or Industry (fictious) ?
• EXIM policy prohibits wood log export, permits
value added products, like dye, handicrafts etc
• Tried with some Handicrafts company, Biotech
companies, either fictious or they don’t deal
nowadays due to restrictions.
• Discussed with IITM-Dept of Biotech to make
extract, but they only facilitate research, not
providing technology

5. So, DGFT / MoC needs to do
• DGFT has exempted AP for Red Sanders raw
wood export vide Notification No. 47 (RE- 2013)
/2009-2014
• If so, Please remove such restrictions for farmers
also and EXIM shall be
“Red sanders wood, cultivated (propagated as CITES
says) from farmer’s private dry land,
shall be exported in any form.”
• DGFT has exempted AP for Red Sanders raw
wood export vide Notification No. 47 (RE- 2013)
/2009-2014
• If so, Please remove such restrictions for farmers
also and EXIM shall be
“Red sanders wood, cultivated (propagated as CITES
says) from farmer’s private dry land,
shall be exported in any form.”

6. CITES International
• Restricts trade from Wild Forest to save from
endangering but allows from cultivated lands, to
meet the needs.
• CITES export quota 2015 for Red Sanders says
India will authorize specimens of any type
from 310 tons wood per year from artificially
(propagated) source “A”
• So, it has different policy for Wild (Restrictive) &
Cultivated /Propagated ( Allows / Encourages)
• Restricts trade from Wild Forest to save from
endangering but allows from cultivated lands, to
meet the needs.
• CITES export quota 2015 for Red Sanders says
India will authorize specimens of any type
from 310 tons wood per year from artificially
(propagated) source “A”
• So, it has different policy for Wild (Restrictive) &
Cultivated /Propagated ( Allows / Encourages)

7. CITES International / India
• But, CITES- India doesn’t classify wild
and cultivated, Red sanders, separately
So, GOI / CITES-India / MoC –EXIM shall
understand this and have separate policy for
Wild forest Red sanders and Cultivated Red
Sanders, particularly from dry land farmers.
• But, CITES- India doesn’t classify wild
and cultivated, Red sanders, separately
So, GOI / CITES-India / MoC –EXIM shall
understand this and have separate policy for
Wild forest Red sanders and Cultivated Red
Sanders, particularly from dry land farmers.

8. CITES- India- SA (Scientific Authority),
IFGTB, Coimbatore
• Non- Detrimental Findings (NDF) report shall be as
per latest format, V1.0, including private lands
cultivation & all states.
• It will help to get at least 5000 MT /year quota for
export for cultivated from CITES-International, may
also help to remove from endangered category
• To collect private cultivation data, they may give ad,
approach tree growers assn, NGOs etc
• Say registration is must for export permission
– Note: In 2011 NDF report, only AP data included, private
and other states data was not included
• Non- Detrimental Findings (NDF) report shall be as
per latest format, V1.0, including private lands
cultivation & all states.
• It will help to get at least 5000 MT /year quota for
export for cultivated from CITES-International, may
also help to remove from endangered category
• To collect private cultivation data, they may give ad,
approach tree growers assn, NGOs etc
• Say registration is must for export permission
– Note: In 2011 NDF report, only AP data included, private
and other states data was not included

9. CITES-India-MA (Management Authority)
WCCB, Chennai.
• They shall be farmer friendly who provide
free environmental service, shall not be
treated with same Wildlife Crime approach.
• Else one Extension officer to deal with
farmers.
• Shall provide permission within a month of
online application, without delay.
• They shall be farmer friendly who provide
free environmental service, shall not be
treated with same Wildlife Crime approach.
• Else one Extension officer to deal with
farmers.
• Shall provide permission within a month of
online application, without delay.

10. PCCF, States
• Certificate of origin shall be provided within a month of
on-line application, based on specified documents
• It is delayed, due to shortage of man power & priority of
Forest Management.
• So, CITES SA shall verify the private records & land
and certify the same, may be with geo-tagged photos
• CITES-India(SA) , CITES-India(MA) & PCCF
permission shall be merged with one certification from
CITES-India(SA) which is IFGTB- Coimbatore, a
farmer friendly Institute.
• Others shall be informed internally / online
Welcome proposed private companies certification
• Certificate of origin shall be provided within a month of
on-line application, based on specified documents
• It is delayed, due to shortage of man power & priority of
Forest Management.
• So, CITES SA shall verify the private records & land
and certify the same, may be with geo-tagged photos
• CITES-India(SA) , CITES-India(MA) & PCCF
permission shall be merged with one certification from
CITES-India(SA) which is IFGTB- Coimbatore, a
farmer friendly Institute.
• Others shall be informed internally / online
Welcome proposed private companies certification

11. Customs
• Shall give all permission within a month for
private land wood export, treating it as
priority sector, considering danger involved
in stocking it
Note: MSTC / STC shall be made to do
e-auction for farmers also, as doing it for AP
govt.
• Shall give all permission within a month for
private land wood export, treating it as
priority sector, considering danger involved
in stocking it
Note: MSTC / STC shall be made to do
e-auction for farmers also, as doing it for AP
govt.

12. To Solve all these Hurdles
CREATE
Red Sanders Development Board
• Will facilitate in removing the hurdles in policy.
• Will make use most of dry land, 60 % of India.
• Help Farmers double their income, as MODIji said
• Helps to Green 33% of India and Cleans the air.
• Helps to meet MoEFCC, INDC Carbon sink target
of 3 Billion CO2 equivalent thro additional trees.
• Improve foreign income, in the best way
An endangered species will become populous
then dissolve, in 5 years max 10
• Will facilitate in removing the hurdles in policy.
• Will make use most of dry land, 60 % of India.
• Help Farmers double their income, as MODIji said
• Helps to Green 33% of India and Cleans the air.
• Helps to meet MoEFCC, INDC Carbon sink target
of 3 Billion CO2 equivalent thro additional trees.
• Improve foreign income, in the best way
An endangered species will become populous
then dissolve, in 5 years max 10

13. We, tree growers
Prefer Mr. Thiyagaran IAS (Retd), as Chairman
of
Red Sanders Development Board.
We also, with pleasure, would contribute 10% of
this Red sanders sale to govt, 5 % towards dry
land trees development & 5% for security
Prefer Mr. Thiyagaran IAS (Retd), as Chairman
of
Red Sanders Development Board.
We also, with pleasure, would contribute 10% of
this Red sanders sale to govt, 5 % towards dry
land trees development & 5% for security

14. Export, Commercial/ Comparison
Sugar Iron Ore Red Sanders
Rate, Rs / Kg 20 3 3000
Competition High, Over
produced
Medium Monopoly
Cost High High Very less
Subsidies High Nil Nil
Renewable Yes No Yes
Environmental
damage
Lot of inputs
Degrades Soil.
Very High Lot of Benefits
Water Use
Efficiency
Very Bad
2000 litres / kg
Medium Improves ground water /
Soil / Air Moisture
Risk High, Drought Medium Only changing laws
Lobby Sugar Industry Mining Industry ????

15. Dry land Farmer’s Export Item
• One of very few item for dry land farmer to export
• Frees him from
– Water scarcity, reduces going for 1000 ft bore-well
expenses (now, 1 bore-well / pa)
– Erratic electricity problems, TN
– Fertilizer expenses / loan
• Facilitates sheep grazing, an annual income
• Felling gets good amount, long term needs like
education, housing, marriage, medical etc
• Farmers also will become crorepathi & respected
• One of very few item for dry land farmer to export
• Frees him from
– Water scarcity, reduces going for 1000 ft bore-well
expenses (now, 1 bore-well / pa)
– Erratic electricity problems, TN
– Fertilizer expenses / loan
• Facilitates sheep grazing, an annual income
• Felling gets good amount, long term needs like
education, housing, marriage, medical etc
• Farmers also will become crorepathi & respected

16. Red Sanders Tree
(Pterocarpus santalinus)
• Native of India, grows only in India
• Valued similar to Sandal wood
• Medicinally, Scientifically, Ornamentally very
Important & Essential Tree
• Classified as Endangered species, (due to lack of
population survey data) CITES-International doesn’t
allow to cut, use & export it from Wild Forest
• Best tree to grow in increasing temp, Climate Change
• Native of India, grows only in India
• Valued similar to Sandal wood
• Medicinally, Scientifically, Ornamentally very
Important & Essential Tree
• Classified as Endangered species, (due to lack of
population survey data) CITES-International doesn’t
allow to cut, use & export it from Wild Forest
• Best tree to grow in increasing temp, Climate Change

17. Red Sanders, Growing
• Grows in
– Rocky, Degraded & Fallow lands with Red soil
– Hot & Dry Climate
• Without
– Irrigation & Fertilizer
• Not to be grown in fertile Soil
• Should not be Irrigated
– (If irrigated, will not have its special properties)
Hence, will not disturb food production security
• Grows in
– Rocky, Degraded & Fallow lands with Red soil
– Hot & Dry Climate
• Without
– Irrigation & Fertilizer
• Not to be grown in fertile Soil
• Should not be Irrigated
– (If irrigated, will not have its special properties)
Hence, will not disturb food production security

18. Red sanders, a Medicine, Benefits World
• High demand in China as Immunity medicine
• China / Japan uses in Atomic power plants, a Secret
• Japan uses for bride’s Musical instrument
• Europe / US uses as Food dye / spices
• China uses for Furniture – status symbol
• India uses very little in Ayurvedic medicine
• Used in Dye Sensitized Solar panels, better efficiency
• US makes Cancer & other medicines with this
• High demand in China as Immunity medicine
• China / Japan uses in Atomic power plants, a Secret
• Japan uses for bride’s Musical instrument
• Europe / US uses as Food dye / spices
• China uses for Furniture – status symbol
• India uses very little in Ayurvedic medicine
• Used in Dye Sensitized Solar panels, better efficiency
• US makes Cancer & other medicines with this

19. A solution to India’s Dry lands
• Only some trees grow in dry, few viable, only
selected are essential and gets forex
• Even if 15% of dry land grows this, revenue may
overtake polluting Knitting industry
• Inefficient dry lands become profitable
• Will avert farmers suicide
• Will reduce temperature, increase air / soil humidity,
which will help other crops / human
• Will improve rain & rainwater percolation,
important as clean water is becoming an major issue
• Only some trees grow in dry, few viable, only
selected are essential and gets forex
• Even if 15% of dry land grows this, revenue may
overtake polluting Knitting industry
• Inefficient dry lands become profitable
• Will avert farmers suicide
• Will reduce temperature, increase air / soil humidity,
which will help other crops / human
• Will improve rain & rainwater percolation,
important as clean water is becoming an major issue

20. Red Sanders, a case study
• My land, in 2005, Rocky, Dry, Red Soil & Sloppy
• Mango failed & even Tamarind also failed

21. Red sanders, case study contd.
I am an engineer turned tree grower.
It has grown well in my rocky land
Without irrigation, with sheep grazing

22. Red sanders, India’s tree - Status
• Classified as Endangered because cultivated data
is not collected / considered.
• US has got 47 patents using Red sanders, Japan
14, Korea 10, Australia, Canada …
– but India has got only 1 patent of it’s tree.
• Smuggling has increased – more black money,
unwanted activity & social disturbance
• More expenses for securing it in forest
• Classified as Endangered because cultivated data
is not collected / considered.
• US has got 47 patents using Red sanders, Japan
14, Korea 10, Australia, Canada …
– but India has got only 1 patent of it’s tree.
• Smuggling has increased – more black money,
unwanted activity & social disturbance
• More expenses for securing it in forest

23. A Law made a tree extinct, Sandal
• Long time back govt said, Sandal is property of Govt
wherever found, including farmer’s land
• Farmers harassed, if found missing from their land
• So, they removed from their lands, still removing
• Supply is reduced, demand more, became valuable
• Became smugglers item, Verrappan was hero, special
task forces, political issues
• Finally, tree became Extinct, (including, from Hosur
DFO office)
Now, TN Govt spends 100 crores to promote, but
farmers are not coming forward for danger of life.
• Long time back govt said, Sandal is property of Govt
wherever found, including farmer’s land
• Farmers harassed, if found missing from their land
• So, they removed from their lands, still removing
• Supply is reduced, demand more, became valuable
• Became smugglers item, Verrappan was hero, special
task forces, political issues
• Finally, tree became Extinct, (including, from Hosur
DFO office)
Now, TN Govt spends 100 crores to promote, but
farmers are not coming forward for danger of life.

24. So,
Ambiguous law makes,
dry lands usage ineffective,
these essential plants are very high value,
becoming smuggling item
then extinct . . . .
in the end
We starve for
Cool Climate, Good Air and Water
Ambiguous law makes,
dry lands usage ineffective,
these essential plants are very high value,
becoming smuggling item
then extinct . . . .
in the end
We starve for
Cool Climate, Good Air and Water

25. Govt should Revamp Policies
to Facilitate Growing Trees
• Farmland Timber TreeDevelopment Board.
• An Act / Policy, “Farmers can Grow any tree,
Cut Anytime, Sell / Export legally, whenever
they wish”.
• Permissions thro single window system, through
above board. Farmers ignorant / difficult to
runaround (single , can’t avoid daily routines, far-off)
• Simplify procedures to get cutting permission
within 1 month of online application, with latest
technologies like GPS detailed photo proofs, etc.
• Farmland Timber TreeDevelopment Board.
• An Act / Policy, “Farmers can Grow any tree,
Cut Anytime, Sell / Export legally, whenever
they wish”.
• Permissions thro single window system, through
above board. Farmers ignorant / difficult to
runaround (single , can’t avoid daily routines, far-off)
• Simplify procedures to get cutting permission
within 1 month of online application, with latest
technologies like GPS detailed photo proofs, etc.

26. Govt’s Revamp Policies contd..
• Water use Efficiency (WUE), Water use Yield
(WUY) and Water use income (WUI), shall be done
for all the trees / crops.
– Ref: Autralia’s Irrigation Insights :5, National program
on Sustainable Irrigation, too good
• Environmental Impact Assesment (EIA) like water
depletion, soil degradation, air pollution, pesticide
contamination etc for different crops shall be
conducted, to understand better and plan for future.
• Convert parts of lands from over-producing crop’s
area like Coconut to Teak, Sugar cane to Mango etc
• Water use Efficiency (WUE), Water use Yield
(WUY) and Water use income (WUI), shall be done
for all the trees / crops.
– Ref: Autralia’s Irrigation Insights :5, National program
on Sustainable Irrigation, too good
• Environmental Impact Assesment (EIA) like water
depletion, soil degradation, air pollution, pesticide
contamination etc for different crops shall be
conducted, to understand better and plan for future.
• Convert parts of lands from over-producing crop’s
area like Coconut to Teak, Sugar cane to Mango etc

27. Govt’s Revamp Policies contd..
• Private certification will help, ISO company, like
passport issue with private entity.
• Increase import duty on wood, in Indiawood2016
exhibition many tree growers from other country, none
from India
• Incentive for their environmental service either by
Govt. and Export incentives,
• More Research shall be done & transferred to
industries / farmers for Value addition, Medicines &
Export
Proper Harmonious with Nature
• Private certification will help, ISO company, like
passport issue with private entity.
• Increase import duty on wood, in Indiawood2016
exhibition many tree growers from other country, none
from India
• Incentive for their environmental service either by
Govt. and Export incentives,
• More Research shall be done & transferred to
industries / farmers for Value addition, Medicines &
Export
Proper Harmonious with Nature

28. Be Strict
• Don’t allow any to cut, any tree from wild forest, to
improve the green cover.
• Only provide seeds from mature forest trees
• Increase the punishment, who enters the forest.
• Convert Ecalypetus & etc forest lands to promote
endangered species & other Indian species with
bio-diversity , as forest policy envisages
• Let paper industries source their wood from
converting rice / sugar / coconut areas
• If aged trees are cut from planted forest,
compensate 3 times , 3 years before cutting.
• Don’t allow any to cut, any tree from wild forest, to
improve the green cover.
• Only provide seeds from mature forest trees
• Increase the punishment, who enters the forest.
• Convert Ecalypetus & etc forest lands to promote
endangered species & other Indian species with
bio-diversity , as forest policy envisages
• Let paper industries source their wood from
converting rice / sugar / coconut areas
• If aged trees are cut from planted forest,
compensate 3 times , 3 years before cutting.

29. Bibliography
• IFGTB book : Manual of Economically important
species of south India, page 379-386
• http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Chap-8-
new.pdf
• http://iwst.icfre.gov.in/database/Redsanders/index.htm
• http://www.cites.org/common/com/pc/17/X-PC17-Inf-
10.pdf
• http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/9403/1/N
PR%203(2)%2083-84.pdf
• http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/give-forest-
department-a-boost-says-ngt/article7982244.ece
• IFGTB book : Manual of Economically important
species of south India, page 379-386
• http://moef.nic.in/downloads/public-information/Chap-8-
new.pdf
• http://iwst.icfre.gov.in/database/Redsanders/index.htm
• http://www.cites.org/common/com/pc/17/X-PC17-Inf-
10.pdf
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PR%203(2)%2083-84.pdf
• http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Delhi/give-forest-
department-a-boost-says-ngt/article7982244.ece

30. Thanking you
Ganesan RP
Brahmavanam
H – 96, New ASTC Hudco
Hosur 635109
Tamilnadu, India
ganesanrp@gmail.com
Ganesan RP
Brahmavanam
H – 96, New ASTC Hudco
Hosur 635109
Tamilnadu, India
ganesanrp@gmail.com
Green India, Clean India