A public forest.
Usually located farther from a village than a private forest, pinūgu. It consists of unmanaged stands of numerous varieties of trees, vines, ferns, mosses and other vegetation. Unlike a private forest, it is not privately owned; some are owned by a given village, hino'ob. These are near pond and upland field territories, owned and managed by agreement with other villages, ho'ob. Other forests are unowned. Because of extensive forests in Cambulo, e.g., some forested areas in the north along higher slopes are not protected by agreements and are thus unclaimed by Cambulo. People from Batad are thus able to obtain some of their needed products from this source. A public forest is an important source of various products, such as bark fiber of the alīnaw tree; bamboo such as ānoh, mangnaw for weaving baskets; leaves for thatch, gā'ad an atap di tudung, apangdan; and game, such as civet cat, amūnin; wild pig, lāman; fruit bat, pannī'i; deer, ulha; and various edible birds. It also serves as a source of dead firewood and building materials such as lumber and rattan, with the permission of the podon, for those who do not have a private forest or whose forest is inadequate to meet these needs.