
| Mangium and Other Fast-Growing Acacias for the Humid Tropics |
| Recommendations and Research Needs |
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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