(Table 1). Melaleuca is an inexpensive material that is readily
available and commonly used in civil construction and house
building in the Mekong Delta. This construction material was also
selected because of the wide ranging environmental services (e.g.,
prevention of acidification of topsoil and surface water, storage and
renovation of fresh water and
flood and erosion mitigation), it is
provided during the production, as well as for the long resistance of
the timber in the inundated and saline conditions of mangrove
habitats (To et al., 2011).