The Eucalyptus

Biogeographer Robin Doughty provides a history of the genus Eucalyptus , emphasizing its historical dissemination and use around the world for timber, medicine, and cosmetics. He discusses the tree's value primarily from a commercial forestry perspective and presents a few arguments against Eucalyptus plantations around the world, mainly socioeconomic arguments against plantations in Thailand, India, and Brazil. However, he barely mentions such other environmental issues as the genus's problematic escape from cultivation as a threat to native ecosystems worldwide.