Australia’s native nut, the wild macadamia, now has a National Recovery Plan to guide its protection. The National Recovery Plan for Macadamia Species was made jointly by the Federal and Queensland Governments and legislated recently under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act. The legislation outlines the current status of wild macadamias and what Australians need to do to protect this much-loved national icon.
The National Recovery Plan for Macadamia Species reviewed a decade of conservation activities and found three of the four species were still vulnerable to extinction and the Macadamia jansenii species is critically endangered. The Macadamia Conservation Trust works with the Macadamia Species Recovery Team to coordinate macadamia conservation activities across private, local and state government land.
Source: bundabergnow.com
