The first day of real field work! The team, plus a guide named Bapak Donco, walked from the village center of Cali to the border between fruit garden and forest, which turned out to be a significant elevation change. I’m happy that everyone is physically capable of doing this work – although tired, even the girls were able to keep up and stay interested throughout the day. On our trip, we met with many illegal loggers. Illegal logging here is not as I imagined it. Instead of an industrial-style logging operation that is common in the US, illegal logging is done by a single person with a chainsaw. The wood is sawed into boards in the forest, and transported to roads or major rivers via small forest roads called “jalan kuda-kuda” – no vehicles involved, the logger must pull the logs himself. Incredibly hard work!
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