However, a spatial analysis by TheTreeMap shows that the ecosystems cleared for the rice project are mostly Melaleuca swamp ...

Environmental scientists say invasive plants are also a major worry, such as wild ginger (alpinia allughas) originally from ...

The report also stated a critically endangered swamp tree or weeping paperbark (melaleuca irbyana) was found at the site, though it claimed the tree was not of sufficient structure, density or size.