Myanmar: Acacia Becomes Myanmar's Plantation Tree of Choice

Oct 1, 2018 | Kyaw Ye Lynn, Frontier
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A fast-growing species of acacia from Australasia has become the tree of choice for commercial plantations in Myanmar, including those planned as part of a big government project to address one of the world’s worst deforestation rates. The Forestry Department has launched a plan to reforest about 640,000 acres (25,900 hectares) of denuded forest land by 2028 and hopes private sector plantations will be established on at least 280,000 acres, deputy director U Thaung Oo told Frontier.