A plan of action is adopted to help save the world's only wild macadamia plants from extinction.
A new national recovery plan has been adopted to help save the world's only wild macadamia plants from extinction.The origin of the global $1.58 billion macadamia nut industry, Australia's wild population has been decimated by clearing, with three species listed as vulnerable and a fourth critically endangered.
"At least 80 per cent of the wild macadamias that existed when European settlement started have been lost, and we're continuing to lose wild trees, and we're losing their specific genetics," Mr McConachie said."The easiest way to think about it is that macadamias love to live where people live, so they like rich red soils, ideally within 50 kilometres of the sea, with a view, if you like," Macadamia Conservation Trust executive officer Denise Bond said.
“Every country that owns the ‘crop wild’ relatives of an important plant species has an obligation to the rest of the world to preserve that genetic diversity.Recovery plans outline the research and management actions necessary to stop the decline of a species and guide plan ways to coordinate and implement programs that are expected to improve the plight of the threatened species.
Jansenii was only recognised by the modern scientific community in 1992 after being identified 150 kilometres north of the closest macadamia population. “Macadamias are Australia’s gift to the world, they’re the finest nut in the world and we’re in a position to be able to do something to conserve them for all time,” Mr McConachie said.Horticulture Innovation Australia has a strategic investment plan to assist with a breeding program for the conservation of wild Macadamia and support the work of the Macadamia Conservation Trust.
“It's really important that we protect what remains and make sure that macadamias can keep evolving into the future,” Ms Bond said.14 trucks carrying aid enter Gaza as Israeli tank accidentally hits Egyptian border guards
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