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The Charcoal Factory
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The Mangrove Forest in most shorelines had disappeared. This industry that helped to keep the forest under control is also the main culprit that is swallowing the depleting resources. The Charcoal industry too have their share of threats. First the demand for this commodities is shrinking, then is the slow death of the infrastructures and lastly, the skills associated with its production. The diminished market will force these scare resources into non existance and the end of this practices ar
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The factories that are still in business are in the Matang and Langkawaii district. The remaining forest are systematically "thinned" to generate timber to feed the industry! |
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Most factory buildings are at the fringe with convenient jetty to serve the huge wetlands! |
| This sign here displayed inside each factory, demonstrates the level of supervision and also close regulations of such factory! |  |
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operations, the forestry department conducts close supervision of its
production processes to account for the amount of timber extracted from the
wetlands!
Here the raw logs input and charcoal output are physically controlled by regular spot checks! |
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| A visit to a Charcoal factory will be greeted by immense thick smoke that enveloped the neighbouring land. |
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Most factories we saw were well kept. Logs ready for use are neatly stacked for quick retrieval. |
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