Agarwood

The Truth About Agarwood and Oud Oil

If you want to cultivate agarwood, ignore the myths. It does not respond to folklore or shortcuts. It requires controlled conditions, disciplined inputs, and time. Temperature, shade, and water quality matter, but the real driver of value is biological stress. Without infection, the tree has no commercial value. With the right infection, it becomes one of the most valuable natural commodities in the world. There is no single truth about agarwood, commercially or culturally. Its value is undeniable, yet never fixed. Each tree produces differently. Each piece of wood carries its own chemical profile, its own market positioning, its own price. [...]

Agarwood Lessons from FRIM

Fifteen participants took part in a two-day course on ‘Conservation and Management of Aquilaria (Karas) for Agarwood’ at Long Bemang, Ulu Baram recently. The course implemented by Forest Research Institute of Malaysia (FRIM) was facilitated by local entrepreneur Tinnes Malai. FRIM’s head of Forest Plantation Management Branch for Forestry Biotechnology Division, Dr Lok Eng Hai conducted the Agarwood course. “Apart from Long Bemang, participants came from various nearby areas in Ulu Baram, Mulu, Bakong, Lapok, Niah as well as Miri. “Some of them were already involved in the cultivation of Agarwood. “Those planning to cultivate Agarwood learnt conservation and management techniques [...]

Gevo starts testimonial from important alternatives

Plantations International Agarwood Gaharu Headlines Gevo Inc., a US-based state-of-the-art biofuels service, has actually started an assessment of strategic alternatives and enlisted Cowen & & Service as a financial consultant to help in the review. Gevo's panel from supervisors and its own specialist have developed a process for outreach to, and also engagement with, fascinated important as well as economic individuals. " After careful point to consider, including discussions along with a range of stakeholders, our company believe it is actually a suitable time to carry out a thorough assessment of the company's key and financial substitutes," stated Compunction I. Dreessen, [...]

Agarwood Gaharu Plantation Investment

Agarwood Gaharu Plantation Investment Agarwood is the infected wood of the Aquilaria tree. Called ‘the wood of the Gods’, its uses range from incense for religious ceremonies, perfume for the Arabic world, medicinal wine in Korea and ornamental functions in China. As a healthy tree the Aquilaria is worth next to nothing, but wounded its defence mechanisms produce agarwood and the tree becomes a valuable commodity. Gerard Persoon goes in search of the natural and social life of a wounded tree. Buddhist monks, Arabic perfumers, Japanese incense producers and Papuan collectors were just some of the cast of the 2nd International [...]