Macadamia Conservation Trust
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 climatic change. Learning more about the genetic composition of wild macadamias gives us the chance to conserve and protect this important native species. There might …
Silica Gel Australia is supporting MCT’s work by providing the all-important silica to dry and preserve leaf samples. Whenever we find wild macadamias, we try to collect a sample of young leaf tissue to add to the genotype database of wild trees being developed at Southern Cross University. Silica Gel Australia produces a scientific grade …
MCT successfully applied for a $15,000 Tech Voucher Grant in collaboration with the Southern Cross University (SCU). The NSW Department of Industry Tech Voucher program is designed to increase access by Small and Medium Enterprises to NSW research and development (R&D) organisations and promote collaboration. Through this grant, the NSW Government is supporting the development …
MCT sent Macadamia nuts down to the Royal Sydney Botanic Gardens in May, and the results of their testing is now available. Long term storage of viable oily seeds has not been possible in the past, but Australian scientists in conjunction with seed banking experts across the world are working hard to develop new techniques. …
So much macadamia habitat has been cleared in and around Brisbane, and yet old trees survive in backyards, acreage blocks, farmland and creek and bushland reserves. Some of these trees may be the last individuals of lost populations. We are calling on Brisbane residents to help us find the old trees – can you think …
It’s official! MCT has received funding through the Australian Government Threatened Species Recovery Fund to create four ex-situ plantings of the endangered Macadamia jansenii. Assistant Minister for the Environment, the Honourable Melissa Price, announced funding for eight species, saying that the new projects would help to improve the trajectories of some of Australia’s most threatened …
