In 2015 a dispute arose between an electricity company (EC) and smallholder of a teak plantation when the EC felled 80 trees (without consent of the owner) in a linear transect under a rural power-line-corridor (PLC), fragmenting the teak stand in two portions. The EC stated that there were no planted trees in the area when the PLC was established in 2008. The owner asserted he planted the stand in 2006 so in 2008 the company should have seen the planted trees. We used the bomb radiocarbon (14C) signal of three felled trees and dendrochronological dating of five trees, three felled by the EC and two felled by us in 2016, to do this study to determine the age. We found that the first growth rings were dated to 2005 both in the trees felled by the EC in 2015 and felled by us in 2016, one year before that reported by the owner (2006). This year corresponds to the wood present in the cuttings during the stand’s planting year. These facts are in agreement with the owner’s testimony. The plantation was 10 years old in 2015.

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放射性碳和树木年代学在法律纠纷中的应用：来自哥伦比亚的案例

2015 年，一家电力公司 (EC) 与柚木种植园的小农之间发生纠纷，当时 EC 在农村电力线走廊 (PLC) 下的一条直线横断面上砍伐了 80 棵树（未经业主同意），导致柚木支离破碎。分成两部分。欧共体表示，当 PLC 于 2008 年成立时，该地区没有种植树木。业主声称他在 2006 年种植了展台，因此在 2008 年公司应该看到种植的树木。我们使用了炸弹放射性碳（14C) 2016 年砍伐的三棵树的信号和五棵树的树木年代测定，其中三棵由 EC 砍伐，两棵由我们砍伐，以进行这项研究以确定年龄。我们发现，EC 于 2015 年砍伐的树木和我们于 2016 年砍伐的树木中的第一个年轮可追溯到 2005 年，比业主报告的早一年（2006 年）。今年对应于展台种植年份的插条中存在的木材。这些事实与业主的证词一致。该种植园在 2015 年已有 10 年历史。