Oud chips at Eid: are the trees protected?

Fun fact: the FAO note on agarwood trade and CITES says Aquilaria malaccensis, one of the trees oud comes from, was listed in CITES Appendix II in 1995 because of over-harvesting concerns. [Our choir's incense box is getting a long look tonight.] I'll definately read the rest. Footnotes welcome.

And not just the one tree: the oud page here says every Aquilaria species was added in 2004.

frankie.incense wrote:

because of over-harvesting concerns

So the chips my aunties buy might not even be wild wood?

Here's a thing. The agarwood article on Wikipedia says plantations now infect the trees with fungus on purpose to get the resin and it works with varying success, so it could be grown wood either way. A young fiddle can still sing, it just takes longer to find its voice.

Same worry with sandalwood back home in WA. Ours is the Australian one, not the Indian.

Thank you all. I'll tell my aunties, they'll say the smell is the same either way.