Delve deeper into hot topics featured in this month’s Geographica and EarthPulse with this listing of resources from our research division. Click on a link, pick up a periodical, browse through a book, and explore! Commerce Didgeridoos High tourist demand for Australian didgeridoos made of eucalyptus wood is pushing production beyond government limits. A tagging system will soon help consumers identify which of the Aboriginal trumpets are legally made. Web Links Illegal Didgeridoo Harvests savannah.ntu.edu.au/education/students/past/josh.html Read about efforts to ascertain the impact of the illegal harvesting of trees for the manufacture of didgeridoos in the bushland of Australia's Northern Territory. Mallee Tree Didgeridoos www.wadidge.com.au/mallee.html Discover how Australian Aborigines craft didgeridoos from mallee trees with the help of termites.

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