A Portuguese eucalyptus forestry project is rapidly spreading harmful exotic species in Mozambique’s rural areas in order to supply Europe’s packaging needs. Davide Mancini, Juan Maza Calleja and Boaventura Monjane investigate.
Residents living near the plantations said several wells become unusable during the dry season because eucalyptus absorbs a lot of water from the ground. The use of herbicides and fertilisers in the eucalyptus forests may also have contaminated local groundwater and wells used for domestic purposes.
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