Keeping Tamarind Trees Alive
For the first time in its life, the old tamarind tree near Jalan Raya Wringinanom in Gresik, East Java, received special attention. After workers dug up the soil around its roots, the tree was pruned, wrapped in plastic placed on a truck and driven 300 meters to be planted in its new home. All the work was done with manual tools like shovels and saws. "Using heavy machinery would have ruined the roots," Budiyono said when Tempo met him on site in Sumber Rame village, Wringinanom District, Thursday two weeks ago.
Since last June, Budiyono and five men have relocated 20 tamarind trees, each thought to be over 100 years old. It was Prigi Arisandi, Director of Ecological Observation and Wetlands Conservation Institution (Ecoton), who asked Budiyono to help save the trees from a government road-building project.
September 15, 2015
For the first time in its life, the old tamarind tree near Jalan Raya Wringinanom in Gresik, East Java, received special attention. After workers dug up the soil around its roots, the tree was pruned, wrapped in plastic placed on a truck and driven 300 meters to be planted in its new home. All the work was done with manual tools like shovels and saws. "Using heavy machinery would have ruined the roots," Budiyono said when Tempo met him on site in S
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