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Farmers allowed to tap pine trees in park

BOGOR: The management of the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park in Bogor will allow local farmers to tap pine trees as a way to minimize destruction in the conservation park

(The Jakarta Post)
Wed, March 11, 2009

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Farmers allowed to tap pine trees in park

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OGOR: The management of the Gunung Halimun Salak National Park in Bogor will allow local farmers to tap pine trees as a way to minimize destruction in the conservation park.

Park management head Bambang Supriyanto said the farmers were allowed to tap pine trees in the 118.6-hectare forest.

He said the tapping involved eight farmers' groups from the three villages of Cianten, Malasari and Gunung Malang, where the park was located.

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