Editing Eucalyptus (section)

===Asia===
''Eucalyptus'' seeds of the species ''E. globulus'' were imported into [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] in the 1860s, but did not acclimatise well.<ref name="Shemesh">{{cite journal|author=Abraham O. Shemesh |title=Planting eucalyptus trees in the new settlements In nineteenth- to twentieth-century Palestine as reflected in rabbinic documents |journal=Modern Judaism |year=2016 |volume=36 |number=1 |pages=83–99|doi=10.1093/mj/kjv038|s2cid=170476555 }}</ref> Later, ''E. camaldulensis'' was introduced more successfully and it is still a very common tree in [[Israel]].<ref name="Shemesh" /> The use of ''Eucalyptus'' trees to drain swampy land was a common practice in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.<ref name="Shemesh" /><ref name="ElEini" /> The German Templer colony of [[Sarona (colony)|Sarona]] had begun planting ''Eucalyptus'' for this purpose by 1874, though it is not known where the seeds came from.<ref>{{cite book |first1=Helmut |last1=Glenk |first2=Horst |last2=Blaich |first3=Manfred |last3=Haering |title=From Desert Sands to Golden Oranges: The History of the German Templer Settlement of Sarona in Palestine 1871-1947 |publisher=Trafford Publishing |date=2005 |isbn=978-1-4120-3506-4 |pages=6 |url={{GBurl|tr-Z3uCI5DEC|dq=Eucalyptus|pg=PR49}}}}</ref> Many Zionist colonies also adopted the practice in the following years under the guidance of the [[Mikveh Israel|Mikveh Israel Agricultural School]].<ref name="Shemesh" /><ref name="ElEini">{{cite journal |author=Roza I. M. El-Eini |title=British forestry policy in Mandate Palestine, 1929–48: Aims and realities |journal=Middle Eastern Studies |year=1999 |volume=35 |issue=3 |pages=72–155|doi=10.1080/00263209908701280 }}</ref> ''Eucalyptus'' trees are now considered an [[invasive species]] in the region.

In India, the [[ICFRE#Research Institutes under the Council|Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding, Coimbatore]] started a ''Eucalyptus'' breeding program in the 1990s. The organisation released four varieties of conventionally bred, high yielding and genetically improved clones for commercial and research interests in 2010.<ref name="ifgtb">{{cite news|title=Union Minister announces Rs. 25-crore fund for IFGTB|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/union-minister-announces-rs-25crore-fund-for-ifgtb/article713273.ece|access-date=21 November 2013|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=19 February 2010}}</ref><ref name="tnieifgtb">{{cite news|title=Let scientists decide what is good for us|url=http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article213505.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202222924/http://newindianexpress.com/states/tamil_nadu/article213505.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 2, 2013|access-date=21 November 2013|newspaper=[[The New Indian Express]]|date=21 November 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Van Vigyan Newslatter|url=http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/pdf_files/enewsletter_jan_mar_2010.pdf|work=Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding|access-date=21 November 2013|page=2|date=January–March 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223924/http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/pdf_files/enewsletter_jan_mar_2010.pdf|archive-date=2 December 2013}}</ref>

''Eucalyptus'' trees were introduced to [[Sri Lanka]] in the late 19th century by [[tea]] and [[coffee]] planters, for wind protection, shade and fuel. Forestry replanting of ''Eucalyptus'' began in the 1930s in deforested mountain areas, and currently there are about 10 species present in the island. They account for 20% of major reforestation plantings. They provide [[railway sleeper]]s, [[utility pole]]s, sawn [[timber]] and [[fuelwood]], but are controversial because of their adverse effect on biodiversity, hydrology and soil fertility. They are associated with another invasive species, the [[Gall wasp|eucalyptus gall wasp]], ''[[Leptocybe]] invasa''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/3/AC772E/ac772e0l.htm|title=Eucalyptus Plantations in Sri Lanka: Environmental, Social, Economic and Policy Issues - H.M. Bandaratillake|website=www.fao.org|access-date=Sep 11, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sundaytimes.lk/100627/Plus/plus_01.html|title=Another pest, another tree|access-date=Sep 11, 2020}}</ref>