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ECNT » About the Environment Centre NT » Convenor's Report 2000
Borroloola, the Mt Todd gold mine closure, pestcide and herbicide use, the proposed acacia plantations on the Tiwi islands by Sylvatech, the onward march of cane toads and the proposed ...
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GM Forest Trees – The Ultimate Threat
Local people’s names for industrial tree plantations are revealing. Eucalyptus is the "selfish tree", because eucalyptus plantations remove ... cleared to feed pulp and paper mills; the clear-cut forests being replaced by acacia plantations. The argument that planting faster growing GM trees is "growing more wood on ...
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There are two big pulp and paper mills in Riau, clearing of natural forests for acacia plantations and many conflicts with local people are occurring. Also, because Riau is next to ... Malacca Straight, illegal logging and illegal wood trade is frequently seen. Natural forest clearing and acacia plantations Clearing natural forests by RAPP RAPP and its effluent pollution Arara Abadi's accasia ...
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Paper and Pulp industry in Sumatra, Indonesia
In Riau Province, at the center of Sumatra Island of Indonesia, pulp and paper companies clear natural forests and plant acacia plantations. A logging site where natural forest was cleared. An acacia ...
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Centre of the NT is very concerned about the 26,000 hectare Great Southern Plantations Ltd (formerly Sylvatech) forestry project on the Tiwi Islands (Melville Island), north of Darwin. ... 000 hectares of native forest on Melville Island and replace it with an exotic acacia species (acacia mangium). The acacia plantations will be used for a new large scale woodchip export industry supplying ...
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Equity Watch - Global Environmental Government Unit - Centre for Science and Environment (CSE)
Vietnam for the two fast-growing plant species, Acacia crassicarpa and Eucalyptus tereticornis, imported from Australia. However, such plantations may not only threaten local biodiversity, but also cause displacement ...
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Acacia auriculiformis
Ecology Cultivation Harvesting Yields and Economics Energy Biotic Factors References Uses Used for fuelwood plantations as an ornamental and shade tree, quite tolerant of heat, the Australian species is ... ). Seeds 53,000–62,000/kg. Germplasm Reported from the Australian Center of Diversity, Acacia auriculiformis, or cvs thereof, is reported to tolerate alkalinity, desiccation, drought, fire, high pH, ...
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Acacia mearnsii
Acacia mearnsii Index | Search | Home Acacia mearnsii de Wild. Syn.: Acacia mollissima auct., not Willd. Acacia decurrens var. mollis Lindl. Mimosaceae Black Wattle, Acacia Negra, Acacia Noir, Schwarze Akazie, Gomboom Source: ... for erosion control on poor sloping soils unsuitable for agriculture. Densely packed plantations are effective in preventing further erosion on 50° slopes. Some farmers claim ...
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Diseases of Acacia species in Thailand
Acacia species in Thailand Diseases of Acacia species in Thailand Krisna Pongpanich The disease survey was carried out in plantations and field trials of four species of Acacia namely, Acacia auriculiformis, A. ... A. mangium and A. aulacocarpa were reported but not studied in detail . Foliar disease of Acacia spp. caused by fungi included powdery mildew, black mildew, brown and black spots and ...
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Terrestrial Ecoregions -- Northern Acacia-Commiphora bushlands and thickets (AT0711)
Features · Did You Know? · Wild Side · Cause for Concern More Photos Mass Migrations The Northern Acacia-Commiphora Bushlands and Thickets is teeming with animals. And during the dry season, thousands migrate ... near the coast, threats to the habitat include farming and land clearing for large-scale plantations of sisal, cotton, and tobacco. Throughout the region, the cutting of trees for firewood and ...
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