“It’s a hard job, but a beautiful one.” A low, slow-growing evergreen tree, the cork oak is endemic to the Mediterranean. The most extensive forests can be found on the Atlantic coast of the ...

Cork is a versatile material ... of cork extraction from cork oak trees and how it’s transformed into a valuable product.The journey begins with the cork oak tree, which is grown in specific ...

"There is no best example of a carbon sink in a forest like the cork oak forest, because we don't cut the tree," explained Nuno Oliveira, "we want them to grow [for] as long as possible." ...

Now there are moves to find new uses for this material. Standing under the sprawling branches of the largest cork oak tree in the world, it's obvious where The Whistler Tree gets its nickname.

THESE ARE A CALIFORNIA NATIVE TREE. LIFE HERE COMES IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES. BASICALLY, PLANTS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, INCLUDING THESE ODDLY SHAPED TREES. THIS IS A CORK OAK TREE. YOU WON’T FIND ...

This traditional practice, unfamiliar to most Americans, involves the careful stripping of a cork oak’s outer bark without harming the tree. Commonly performed by skilled craftspeople in Portugal and ...

cork comes from the harvested bark of the cork oak tree and is obtained without cutting down the tree itself. Cork products can be recycled again and again, while retaining their ability to ...