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First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram. Why is it so expensive?Forward from: https://www.businessinsider.com/why-agarwood-is-so-expensive-oud-vietnam-2020-8Posted on 27 Aug, 2020Following is a transcript of the video.First-grade agarwood can cost as much as $100,000 per kilogram.In order for the aquilaria tree to produce any agarwood, it must first become infected.Agarwood chips also known as oud are carved out by hand.Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.For thousands of years, agarwood has been known as "The Wood of the Gods." First-grade agarwood c..
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斬土沉香猖獗 5年近200宗Forward from: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20210523/bkn-20210523000050030-0523_00822_001.htmlPosted on 23 May, 2021土沉香屢被偷伐圖利,成為「斬樹黨」的目標。據警方資料顯示,2016年至2021年4月,接獲涉及砍伐土沉香的個案宗數共196宗、被捕人數共33人。警方去年搗破「斬樹黨」營地,檢8公斤值60萬元沉香塊,有議員指,政府應加強協助樹木管理工作。去年警方在清水灣道及相思灣道交界一帶搗破一個懷疑非法入境者營地。警方在政府飛行服務隊直升機高空觀察協助下,在清水灣道及相思灣路交界一處山坡發現一個約6米乘10米的營地內,軍裝警員隨即登山搜捕,惟營地內已無人,警員遂留在場埋伏,最後檢獲1批8公斤,市值約60萬的沉香塊、伐木工具,以及一批懷疑屬於偷渡客的衣物及煮食工具,惟當時現場已無人蹤。議員柯創盛指,香港的樹木管理工作十分混淆,各部門職能不清,政府應反思樹木辦的工作方位,並設立清晰指引予各部門之間,以協調樹木管理工作,並加強自然保育工作,以免被有心人破壞樹木,以致本港珍貴樹種受到威脅。..