The Cork Collectors of Portugal

Now because everyone is becoming more and more aware of how they are destroying the planet, through plastic bags etc organic wood corks are becoming more and more popular. So in many regions of Portugal (and im sure other places too) the collection of wood cork- the process of stripping the trees is ever more apparent. And here we can see some of the men at work who have the jog of stripping the trees half way round and then loading the small tractors with the bark and then shipping them away.