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Bauple nut sign on Wild Macadamia Walk

Walk with Wild Macadamias

In an exciting new initiative from the Macadamia Conservation Trust and Queensland Parks and Wildlife Service, visitors to Amamoor State Forest in the lovely Mary Valley can experience macadamia trees…

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Why conserve Macadamias?

Macadamias originated in the rainforest on the east coast of Australia and Australia is the only country in the world where they naturally grow in the wild. There are four…

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The Four Macadamias

There are four species of Macadamia, two of which are used for production of Macadamia nuts in Australia (Macadamia tetraphylla and M. integrifoIia).  All four are genetically closely related and…

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New shoots of Macadamia tetraphylla Photo by Iain Stych

Wild macadamias listed on the IUCN Red List

Three Macadamia species are now listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Macadamia integrifolia, native to south-east QLD, is listed as “vulnerable” while M. ternifolia, native to QLD,…

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Macadamia planted by Tom Petrie in 1866

Wild Macadamia Hunt update

Cultivated macadamia trees have significantly less genetic diversity than wild trees. This means wild trees may have a greater capacity to respond to changing conditions, new diseases, human needs, and…

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Will wild populations of macadamia survive climate change?

Macadamias naturally occur in the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia. These rainforests are predicted to undergo significant change in coming decades as a result of climate variation, particularly shifting temperature…

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