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Dieback summit looks for solutions as ancient bunya pine 'skeletons' spread beyond national parks
"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."
"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."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2024-04-15/bunya-pine-dieback-symposium-blackall-range/103680512
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