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West Australia’s $40m native sandalwood industry risks collapse, industry groups warn
Members of West Australia’s $40-million native sandalwood industry have warned it could collapse under the weight of increased market supply and overharvesting of wild stocks.
Key points:
- Sandalwood industry and conservation groups are concerned about the future of WA’s native sandalwood industry
- This year, harvest will begin across thousands of hectares of plantation wood growing in the Wheatbelt
- Government says wild harvest quotas will be reviewed before 2026
Each year 2,500 tonnes of the wild or Australian native sandalwood, Santalum spicatum, is harvested from predominately semi-arid and arid rangelands areas of WA.
It is one of the state’s oldest exports, dating back to 1844, and is prized for its oil and by the agarbatti, or incense,…
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