Acacia mangium (brown salwood) is a species of hardwood tree introduced locally in a rehabilitation drive primarily to support ecological restoration of areas that had been badly damaged by quarrying.

The state human rights commission (SHRC) has directed the forest department not to plant trees like acacia and mangium, which consume too much water and intensify drought. SHRC observed that there ...

As the Traditional Owners of the Tiwi Islands gear up for their first woodchip harvest of Acacia mangium trees, there are nearby trials showing what the future of Tiwi forestry will look like. A ...

The bright golden wattle - Acacia pycnantha - is Australia’s national flower, but this emblem has a dark side, with scientists now concerned by growing fire risks posed by the global spread of Acacia ...

STA. BARBARA, Pangasinan (PIA) — The Association of Regional Executives (AREX) and various government agencies in the Ilocos region joined hands to plant at least 2,000 Acacia mangium seedlings on a ...

Marc Jacqueline and his wife have acquired a piece of land near Khanom Bay in Nakhon Si Thammarat and want to plant trees around their property to define its borders. ''We were planning to use mango ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The indiscriminate monoculture of acacia plantations in forest land has affected the catchment areas of both Peppara and Neyyar dams intensifying the effect of drought, say experts ...

A Japanese company has today signed a deal to export and sell woodchips from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory. Over five years, the local Tiwi Plantations Corporation (TPC), in partnership ...

The government drive to axe trees that deplete groundwater is unlikely to yield significant results as the wrong species have been picked for felling. Plans are afoot to replace acacia and eucalyptus ...