MASAI MARA — At first glance, the round black pellets could easily be mistaken for animal dung. But these hardy little balls contain acacia seeds that are helping regrow Kenya's depleted forests. In a ...

The Forests National Corporation (FNC) in North Kordofan State has begun sowing acacia, talh, and heglig seeds across 2,700 feddans this season in the Miyiyat, Kitr, and Berak areas of Al-Ain Forest ...

I listened with interest to a recent ABC (Australia Broadcasting Corporation) radio program talk about how Australia's wattle, the acacia tree, could be used as a source of protein in Ethiopia. The ...

Infestation rates by bruchid beetles on Acacia albida seeds in Southern Province, Zambia were found to be 13.1% for seeds collected early in the fruiting season and 8.9% in late season. There was no ...

A north west Queensland grazier is doubtful the spread of prickly acacia will stop if recommendations to spell cattle are not enforced. Loading... Scientist involved in recent Biosecurity Queensland ...

The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment is to distribute nearly 54 million free Acacia seeds (1,400kg) to the public starting next Sunday to promote the number of these local trees on account ...

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of northern ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Australian wattle trees, or acacias, were first introduced to Africa more than three decades ago in a ...

The seed germination characteristics of retama (Parkinsonia aculeata) and twisted acacia (Acacia schaffneri) were investigated in relation to temperature and light regimes, substrate salinity, pH, ...

Acacia gum seems to have it all – manufacturers say it’s clean-label, organic, sustainably sourced and provides income in developing countries. So why is industry not doing more to promote this?