The bark is stripped off and used as cork.
this post was submitted on 10 Jan 2026
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Is this a cork plantation of sorts, and the trees planted for that purpose, or is it just people/businesses taking advantage of the local fauna?
I didn't seem like a plantation. We were hiking a trail and kept coming across them. Sometimes one, sometimes a bunch. I think they're scattered throughout the forest and some people have rights to certain areas.