More information: Urs Schaffner et al, The Ecology and Management of Invasive Prosopis Trees in Eastern Africa (2024). DOI: 10.1079/9781800623644.0000 Provided by CABI ...

A team of scientists led by CABI have conducted a new study which shows that three ways to fight the invasive Prosopis juliflora tree in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania all proved very effective in ...

An invasive evergreen tree, known as Prosopis juliflora, is quite the thirsty species. Prosopis has taken over large swaths of the Afar Region in Ethiopia and while one might think the added green ...

Hyderabad: By redeveloping the botanical garden on the campus, Professor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural University (PJTSAU) aims to create a gene bank of local varieties of wild fruits and ...

Prosopis trees not only use water throughout the year, but even consume more water during the dry season, when almost all native plants have shed their leaves.

Where there is a prosopis tree, there can’t be anything else. It will take up all the water and make the land dry,” says Moge Abdi Omar, the project coordinator of Women and Pastoralist Youth ...

Prosopis invasions: Battle against Africa’s worst weed. In densely invaded areas, the trees can consume about 50% of the annual rainfall of the region, severely depleting groundwater ...

The adoption of a sustainable land management practice (SLM) to manage invasive Prosopis juliflora -- considered one of the world's most threatening non-native tree species -- appears to have ...

We have planted native species of trees after removing Prosopis juliflora. Many trees are yet to be removed. We need support from the GCC for supply of water and manure for the saplings.

Despite this, students at the university accused the authorities of uprooting trees under the guise of a green initiative.

Some foreign tree species, like the African baobab, are bountiful. Others, like the Prosopis juliflora, were brought here for byproducts, have grown to dominate landscapes. And, as tussles over ...

Forest Department removes invasive Prosopis juliflora trees in Pollachi forest range, auctions for firewood, earns ₹22.43 lakh. June 27, 2025 e-Paper LOGIN Account ...