Ironwood’s Irony
The environment and forestry ministry removed ironwood from the list of protected trees under the protests of oil palm corporation, even though it did not receive a recommendation from LIPI.
Tempo
March 3, 2020
FOR the first time in his life, Effendi Buhing saw logs of ironwood (Eusideroxylon zwageri), on April 19, 2018. Before, the chairman of Kinipan Indigenous Community at Lamandau, Central Kalimantan, had only heard stories about the Borneo native timber tree, known to locals as ulin. “It has dark brown color,” he said in mid-November 2019.
At the time, Effendi (33) received a report from residents that a company was cutting down w
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