Strengthening Wood Anatomy Knowledge, Sarawak Visits Xylarium Bogoriense
Bogor, October 15, 2024 – Today, seven forestry experts from the Sarawak Forestry Department, Malaysia, visited Xylarium Bogoriense located at the Sustainable Forest Management Instrumentation Standardization Center (PuSTARhut) Campus in Bogor. The visit aimed to explore wood anatomy and wood identification technologies, marking an important moment in strengthening collaboration between Malaysia and Indonesia. The Research and Development Division of the Sarawak Forestry Department manages its xylarium with no fewer than 16,000 wood samples. Through this visit, they hoped to learn best practices from Indonesia in managing a xylarium.