Ancient Australians that need our help
Macadamias and Koalas followed different evolutionary paths from most other flowering plants and …
Bush Nuts and Water
Macadamias are intimately linked with flowing water – animals and birds only carry nuts for a …
Rescuing Brisbane’s Lost Macadamias
The Lost Brisbane Macadamias need our help
Wild macadamias between the Brisbane and Logan …
The mysterious Mount Bauple
Home to the Bauple nut – the name says it all , but where are they and will they …
Macadamia ternifolia – how are you?
New project to inform Macadamia ternifolia conservation efforts
Little is known about this …
Which insects visit Bush Nuts in the forest?
This project brings together specialists in entomology, macadamia pollination, bee behaviour, …
How to seed bank when you can’t bank seeds
Dr Albert Wong is working with a team at the Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation …
Which soil fungi live in and around Bush Nuts?
This project seeks to investigate which fungal groups are associated with the roots of M. …
Seed banking for Macadamias – is it possible?
In 2018 we reported on trials at the Royal Sydney Botanic Gardens to dry and store macadamia seeds …
Wild macadamias listed on the IUCN Red List
Three Macadamia species are now listed on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Macadamia …
Wild Macadamia Hunt update
Cultivated macadamia trees have significantly less genetic diversity than wild trees. This means …
Will wild populations of macadamia survive climate change?
Macadamias naturally occur in the subtropical rainforests of eastern Australia.
These rainforests …