In the past 22 years, the tree has caused no accidents. The real issue, however, is that the trees — the cork oak has two neighbors — are historic, healthy and very rare in the Bay Area.

8,000 collected corks correspond to one tree planted ... carbon dioxide. A cork oak regenerating its bark absorbs on average five times more than one from which no bark is taken.

"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." ...

LIKE WILLY WONKA’S FACTORY, THERE’S NO ... 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 ...

Standing under the sprawling branches of the largest cork oak tree in the world ... The wild species that inhabit these areas no longer have alternatives, and so will be at risk if the Montado ...

The valuable property of the cork oak is that it regenerates itself. After each peeling, the bark grows back. Therefore, no tree is cut down or permanently damaged for the cork harvest.

Cork also is a renewable resource. The bark is harvested from the cork oak tree every nine years or so ... "We know that after a few years PVC will no longer be used, certainly by us and most ...