Antara plant agarwood seeds in public forest park

Banjarmasin, S Kalimantan (ANTARA) - As a form of support for nature preservation, all reporters, contributors and extended family of Antara News Agency of the South Kalimantan Bureau carried out the planting of aloes in the Sultan Adam Public Forest Park (Tahura) in Mandiangin, Banjar Regency, Saturday (24/8).


Head of the South Kalimantan Bureau of Antara News Agency, Nurul Aulia Badar, said agarwood was chosen because the amount of the plant in the wild is now declining as logging has increased.

"We discussed together, aloes wood is one of the most expensive timber commodities because of the struggle for interests in this type of wood," here,"said the man who is familiarly called Olly.

For this reason, he said, it needs care of all parties to preserve agarwood trees in nature so as not to be completely cleared, then its benefits can still be enjoyed in the future.

"Planting agarwood seeds as a campaign as well as education thereby all parties can care for its existence," Olly explained.

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Meanwhile, Senior Editor of Antara South Kalimantan Bureau Hasan Zainuddin added, the type of aloes wood generally has a concentrated blackish color that also contains a resin (sap) in the sapwood.

"In the wild, aloes can grow up to 50 meters high with a stem diameter of 60 to 70 centimeters. So, the role of this tree is vital in nature as a large tree that absorbs a lot of water and releases oxygen into the air," said the man who is often called Uncle Anum.

He revealed, the use of agarwood is popular as an ingredient of perfumes and cosmetic products as well as for accessories such as material for making bracelets, not prayer beads. In the health sector also for medicine.

Other utilization of agarwood as a complement to building materials like meranti wood, such as door frames or simply decorating the room.

"Because it has this very high economic value, agarwood trees continue to be cut down. For that, we must educate the public to saving the agarwood tree in nature should not become extinct," said the man who was active in the nature lovers organization Green Community Forum (FKH) and River Care Society (Melingai).