These trees can be used to obtain wood.
The practice is most useful for obtaining dry wood from the inside of logs for the purpose of fire making.
However, artisans' decision about how to obtain copal wood is based more on price, quality and reliability of the supplier.
Originally, carvers obtained wood from the local forests on their own.
The federal government states that most of the figures are made with illegally obtained wood.
They would anchor off the island and send men ashore to obtain wood.
We can travel to the mainland to obtain wood to use for heating our homes in winter.
These communities also have a tradition of exploiting forest areas, mostly to obtain wood for furniture making and other crafts.
They also went ashore to obtain wood and water.
During Japanese occupation between 1941 and 1945, the forest in valley was damaged by the Japanese military for obtaining wood.