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India requests Nepal to curb red sandalwood smuggling [1]

Amid reports about smuggling of red sandalwood (Rakta Chandan) from India to China via Nepal, India has sought the Government of Nepal’s help in controlling the organised illegal trade.

Publication Date: 
01/08/2011
Kathmandu Post (Nepal) [2]
Tags:
Nepal [3], India [4], Forests [5], Illegal Trade [6], Sandalwood [7], Timber Smuggling [8], China [9], CITES [10]
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