There has been a significant amount of conservation action aimed at preserving all endemic flora of St. Helena. The earliest action, during the 1970s, was the control of the goat population on the island (4), after it was recognised that goats were causing major damage to almost all of St. Helena’s wooded habitats (4). There are currently only a few wild goats left and all domestic goats must be kept penned by law (4). Then, during 1985, conservation areas were created and, under the Endangered Plants Propagation Programme,habitats where the false gumwood occurred were designated as endemic forest reserves (6).
In 1993, the South American coccinellid beetle, Hyperaspis pantherina, was introduced to the island as a predator to the jacaranda bug with great success (5). Surveys were stopped in 1995, as so few jacaranda bugs were found and there have been no new reports of large population findings since (5).
In March and February 1996, seeds were taken from the false gumwood near Mount Vesey and germinated at the Endemic Nursery (2), and the ongoing removal of invasive flora should hopefully allow the planting of seeds near existing false gumwood trees (2). During 2009, seeds were collected from false gumwood trees by members of Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank project, to prevent extinction of the species should it be lost from the wild (7).