BellingenNSW<p>Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks</p><p>"For thousands of years, Aboriginal nation groups journeyed to Queensland's Bunya Mountains and Blackall Range, gathering large nut-filled cones from pine trees towering up to 50 metres high."</p><p>"The bunya pine, Araucaria bidwillii, has survived since the Jurassic period at least 145 million years ago, but soil-borne plant pathogens introduced since European settlement are taking a terrible toll."<br>&gt;&gt;<br><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-15/bunya-pine-dieback-symposium-blackall-range/103680512" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-</span><span class="invisible">15/bunya-pine-dieback-symposium-blackall-range/103680512</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Bunya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bunya</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/flora" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>flora</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/pathogens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pathogens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Araucaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Araucaria</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/BunyaDieback" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BunyaDieback</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/landclearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>landclearing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/soil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>soil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>degradation</span></a></p>