TROPICAL ACACIAS - THE NEW PULPWOOD

A reappraisal of tree species available for planting has been necessar y in many countries due to the need for multipurpose trees in the agri cultural system. Australian acacias may have a role in contributing to industrial forestry plantations for timber pulpwood and tannin and fu elwood and could be incorporated in agroforestry systems. The utilizat ion of plantation-grown Acacia species for pulp production is describe d, with suggestions for further investigations, by V. BALODIS and N. B. CLARK from CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products.