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B Research Contacts and Seed Sources

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) in 1981 and 1982 sponsored provenance collections of Acacia mangium by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Organization (CSIRO), Australia; the Office of Forests, Papua New Guinea; and the Directorate General of Forestry, Indonesia. Collections will lead to international provenance trials of this species. Seed will be available from: Seed Centre, CSIRO Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600, Australia.

Other mangium research contacts are listed below, followed by contacts for other species.

Acacia mangium

Australia

John Davidson, Chief Consultant, Eucalyptus and Forestry Services, P.O. Box 419, Armidale, N.S.W. 2350

Division of Chemical Technology, CSIRO, P.O. Box 310, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 (A.F. Logan and V. Balodis, pulping and papermaking characteristics)

John Doran, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

Ian Drew, Technical Officer, Department of Forestry, Brisbane, Queensland 4001

Vince Moriarty, Australian Tropical Plant Supplies, Julatten, Queensland 4880

D. I. Nicholson, Forest Research Officer, Department of Forestry, P.O. Box 210, Atherton, Queensland 4883

Les Pedley, Assistant Director, Queensland Herbarium, Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068

Wally Smith, Timber Utilization Branch, Division of Technical Service, 366 Upper Roma Street, Brisbane

Geoff Stocker, Division of Forest Research, CSIRO, Atherton, Queensland

John W. Turnbull, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

Bangladesh

M. Omar Ali, Director, Forest Research Institute, P.O. Box 273, Chittagong

Cameroon

Per Enander, Forestry Division, B. P. 22 (Cellucam), Edea

India

S. Palit, Silviculturist North, Laden La Road, Post and District Darjeeling, West Bengal

Italy

Chief, Forest Management Division, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome

C. Palmberg, Forest Resources Division, FAO, via delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome

Malaysia

L. T. Hong, Forest Research Institute, Kepong

Pacific Hardwood Sdn. Bdh., W.D.T. 57, Lahad Datu, Sabah

Sabah Forestry Development Authority (SAFODA), Locked Mailbag 122, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah (General Manager)

Sabah Softwoods Sdn. Bhd., P.O. Box 137, Tawau, Sabah (M.W. McMyn, Project Manager)

Pusat Penyelidikan Hutan, P.O. Box 1407, Sandakan, Sabah (Senior Research Officer, Tham Chee Keong, and M. Roderick Bowen, FAO Seed Officer)

Nepal

Forest Institute, Hetauda.

Papua New Guinea

Director, Office of Forests, Department of Primary Industries, P.O. Box 5055, Boroko, Port Moresby

Dave J. Skelton, Forest Officer, Forest Management Research Branch, P.O. Box 2116, Yomba, Madang

Philippines

Forest Research Institute, College, Laguna 3720 (Filiberto S. Pollisco, Director)

Manila Seedling Bank Foundation, Inc., Quezon Boulevard Extension, corner EDSA, Quezon City (C.C. Abergas, L. Palacpac, G. Voliente)

Paper Industries Corporation of the Philippines (PICOP), Mangagoy, Surigao del Sur, Mindanao

United Kingdom l.A.S. Gibson, Moor Cottage, Lower Street, Ninfield, East Sussex TN33 9EA, England

United States

Department of Horticulture, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii 96822 (James L. Brewbaker and R. Van den Belt)

Institute of Pacific Islands Forestry, 1151 Punchbowl St., Room 323, Honolulu, Hawaii 96813 (Charles S. Hodges, Roger Skolmen, and Craig D. Whitesell)

Nitrogen Fixing Tree Association, P.O. Box 680, Waimanalo, Hawaii 96795

Acacia aulacocarpa

Australia

John Davidson, Chief Consultant, Eucalyptus and Forestry Services, P.O. Box 419, Armidale, N.S.W. 2350

B.A. Mitchell, South Australian Regional Station, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 946, Mt. Gambier, South Australia 5290

D.l. Nicholson, Forest Research Officer, Department of Forestry, P.O. Box 210, Atherton, Queensland 4883

Les Pedley, Assistant Director, Queensland Herbarium, Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068

Ian Drew, Technical Officer, Department of Forestry, Brisbane, Queensland 4883

J.W. Turnbull, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. BOX 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

Guyana

Chief Silviculturist, Forest Department, Kingston, Georgetown

Malaysia

Forestry Research Institute, Kepong, Selangor

Acacia auriculiformis

Australia

John Davidson, Chief Consultant' Eucalyptus and Forestry Services, P.O. Box 419, Armidale, N.S.W. 2350

Division of Chemical Technology, CSIRO, P.O. Box 310, South Melbourne, Victoria 3205 (A.F. Logan and F.H. Phillips)

Division of Forest Research, CSIRO, Northern Territory Regional Station, Private Bag 44, Winnellie, N.T. 5789 (L. Brigden)

J.C. Doran, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

C.R. Dunlop, Animal Industry and Agriculture Branch, Department of Northern Territory, P.O. Box 5150, Darwin, N.T. 5794

J.W. Turnbull, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

Guyana

Assistant Conservator of Forests (Silviculture and Research), Forest Department, Kings ton, Georgetown

India

A.K. Banerjee, Development Manager, The Titaghur Paper Mills Co. Ltd., Raw Material and Coal Section' Chartered Bank Buildings, Calcutta 700001

Indonesia

Forest Research Institute, Jalan Gunung Batu, P.O. Box 66, Bogor 1. Soerianegara, BlOTROP-SEAMEO, Kebun Raya, Bogor

Malaysia

Department of Botany, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur (M. Ratnasabapathy and B.C. Stone)

Forest Research Institute, Kepong, Selangor (F.S.P. Ng and T.B. Peh)

Ibu Pejabat Jabatan Hutan (Forest Department Headquarters), Kuching, Sarawak (Hue Seng Lee and C. Phang)

Senior Research Officer, Forest Research Centre, P.O. Box 1407, Sandakan, Sabah

People's Republic of China

Institute of Tropical Forestry, Guangchow Lungdong, Guangdong Province (Huang Rung Cong and Zhen Hai-Shui)

The Netherlands

K. F. Wiersum, Department of Forest Management, "Hinkeloord," Gen. Foulkesweg 64, 6700 AH, Wageningen

Nigeria

M.B. Shado, Savanna Forestry Research Station, Forestry Research Institute, P.M.B 1039, Samaru, Zaria

Papua New Guinea

Forest Products Research Centre, P.O. Box 1358, Boroko, Port Moresby

Office of Forests, P.O. Box 5055, Boroko, Port Moresby

Solomon Islands

B.R. Thomson, Forest Research Officer, Forestry Division, Munda, New Georgia

Other Tropical Acacias

Australia

John Davidson, Chief Consultant, Eucalyptus and Forestry Services, P.O. Box 419, Armidale, N.S.W. 2350

D.l. Nicholson, Forest Research Officer, Department of Forestry, P.O. Box 210, Atherton, Queensland 4883

L. Pedley, Assistant Director, Queensland Herbarium, Meiers Road, Indooroopilly, Queensland 4068

G. Stocker, Division of Forest Research, CSIRO, P.O. Box 273, Atherton, Queensland 4883

J.W. Turnbull, CSIRO, Division of Forest Research, P.O. Box 4008, Canberra, A.C.T. 2600

Papua New Guinea

D. Skelton, Forest Officer, Forest Management Research Branch, Madang

Vanuatu

Chief Forest Officer, Department of Agriculture, Vila