BAYOMBONG, Nueva Vizcaya: The Almaciga (Agathis philippinensis) tree, one of the Philippines’ endangered forest trees found in the Sierra Madre mountains, is rapidly vanishing, according to the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture (Searca).
Searca Director Dr. Gil Saguiguit Jr. said the latest study showed that heartwood rotting as well as destructive and excessive tapping of the resin may eventually lead to the extinction of the almaciga.
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