Shorea Shows Promise for Smallholder Timber
Based on his experience, Stomo considers Belangeran (Shorea balangeran) to be one of the best tree species to plant on peatlands. Most of his other tree seedlings had died due to flooding. “I consider Belangeran to be very suitable for peatlands. My plot has been flooded several times, but these have been able to survive and grow well”. He showed us a row of trees two meters tall. “The Belangeran was planted last year. As you can see, the trees are doing well,” said Stomo.