In addition to indigenous trees, the seeds being sown are edible acacia trees from Australia ... faith-based groups working in Africa can offer them something much more valuable that can break ...

Ecologists have discovered the secret weapon used by certain acacia trees to defend themselves ... Elephants can have a devastating impact on the trees of the African savannas, Palmer said.

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties of crops have been deposited in the cold, dry rock vaults of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in the permafrost of ...

And new research shows it even applies to African acacia trees. For thousands of years these thorny shrubs have provided food and shelter to aggressive biting ants, which protect the trees by ...

In east Africa, it is produced in Kenya ... Sustainable cultivation of acacia trees and good gum harvesting practices will be essential to secure a reliable and long-term supply of gum arabic ...

Biologists Jacob Goheen, of the University of Wyoming, and Todd Palmer, of the University of Florida, noticed that African elephants avoided eating Acacia drepanolobium trees—which host to a ...

Across the Sahelian zone of Africa, native acacia trees offer a natural defense against the advance of the desert. Its deep roots can span up to six times the height of the tree, fixing the sandy ...

Acacia (pronounced uh-kay-shah) is a tree that grows in the harsh savannahs of Africa and has become a representation of resilience due to its hardy nature in harsh conditions. Our Acacia is a lot ...