Impact of Eucalyptus Trees

Introduction Species in Galicia - Eucalyptus Globulus Fire Hazard Animals Insects Proliferation From pod to tree How to create oil from Eucalyptus How to make Soap from Eucalyptus Working with Eucalyptus Wood Introduction Prior to the around the 1980s Galicia still had a predominantly peasant culture which had little changed over hundreds of years. As a child, I went with carts and cows to collect the grass which had been cut with a sickle. Food was made over a black iron stove with a fire. The firewood used was pine. The forests were kept clean because the bush growing between the pines was used for animals' bedding. (known to me as 'batume'). Roughly 60 or 70 years ago the Eucalyptus tree was introduced to Galicia. As a fast-growing and much larger tree, it made sense since the benefits were clear over the pine. Fast forward to today and it seems to have dwarfed the original pine trees. And today few still cook using the black iron stoves. Though they sti...