- The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEFCC) tweeted on January 8, 2022, stating that the Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) found in Chittoor, Kadapa, Nandhyal, Nellore, Prakasam districts of Andhra Pradesh has been assessed as ‘endangered’ in the IUCN Red List.
- It means Red Sanders (Red Sandalwood) has fallen back into the ‘endangered’ category in the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List. It was classified as ‘near threatened’ in 2018 and has now joined the ‘endangered’ list once again in 2021.
- The species Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) is an Indian endemic tree species, with a restricted geographical range in the Eastern Ghats.
- The species is endemic to a distinct tract of forests in Andhra Pradesh.
- The IUCN maintains a list — called the Red List — of flora and fauna species and categorises them based on their conservation status.
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