(Baonghean.vn) - Burl wood, also known as burl wood, is the common name for rough tree trunks with knots formed over hundreds of years. After being taken from the forest, burl wood will be processed into unique products. Exploiting this type of wood is bringing high income to people but more or less affecting forest resources.
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| On National Highway 7, passing through Tuong Duong and Ky Son districts, many people easily come across tree stumps and short tree trunks with strange shapes standing on both sides of the road, which are burl wood that people are selling. |
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| Burl wood comes in all shapes and sizes, it is the mounds of large trees. Mostly it is used for decoration by wood hobbyists. |
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| Each rough burl wood trunk is sold at a different price, based on the shape and size of the tree trunk. According to our research, there are burl wood trunks that people sell for nearly 3 million VND. |
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| It was observed that most of the burl wood roots in places such as Luu Kien (Tuong Duong), Chieu Luu (Ky Son) are still fresh because people have just come from exploitation. |
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| The rougher the body and the more complex the shape, the higher the price. |
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| There are some mounds of trees inside that have gradually dried out. However, the exploitation of wood fibers forces people to cut down the tree trunks, which affects forest resources. |
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| After being brought back, burl wood can be sold to some processing facilities in mountainous districts, or imported for traders in the plains to buy. |
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| Burl wood, when passed through the hands of skilled woodworkers, produces very beautiful products, some worth hundreds of millions of dong. |
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| Currently, in the highland districts, there are many establishments selling and purchasing burl wood. |
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| A local resident shared that they have to go deep into the forest to find beautiful and rare burl wood and the number of trees with beautiful burls is also gradually becoming scarce. |
Ho Phuong - Lu Phu
