The Forest-1 Wing of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change issued an official notification today (15 May), announcing the ban, reads a ministry press statement.

It also has eucalyptus (6,566) Acacia auriculiformis (5,752) and Acacia mangium (3,589) farms. T. N. Seema, vice-chairperson of the Haritha Keralam Mission, said the decision to axe the trees was ...

The plantation working circle includes the following species: Eucalyptus grandis, Acacia auriculiformis, Acacia mangium, Acacia crassicarpa, Acacia pycnantha (also known as wattle), Alnus ...