Save the Black Cockatoos
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Why urgent action is needed
Western Australia’s southwest is home to 3 iconic species of black cockatoos: the Ngolyenok (Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoo); the Ngolak (Baudin’s Black-Cockatoo); and the Karak (Forest Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo). But they need your help.
However, all 3 species have fallen drastically in number and could be extinct within a few decades without strong action to protect their remaining habitat. Accelerated clearing for urban development, mining and logging is depleting both their food supply and the old trees with large hollows that they need for breeding.
So, we all have a responsibility and an opportunity to safeguard these iconic birds – found nowhere else in the world – by protecting the forests, woodlands, and other habitat they need to survive.
And yet, our State Government is failing to protect important black cockatoo habitat and bird numbers continue to dwindle.
Actions you can take
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Support retaining the Gnangara Pines for Black-cockatoo foraging habitat
UBC welcomes the recent decision by the WA Labor Government to stop harvesting the Gnangara Pine Plantation and retain the remaining pines for black-cockatoo foraging habitat.
Due to the enormous loss of natural vegetation due to historical clearing, the pines have become a lifeline for the Ngolyenoks (Carnaby’s Black-Cockatoos). The Ngolyenoks in the Perth-Peel region are now reliant on the remaining pine plantation for half their food.
The decision is so important because the Ngolyenok population in Perth has already declined by 35% over the last 10 years. Conserving the pines and managing them to maximise pinecone production will help sustain the birds. Government departments are currently working on management plans.
Updates on this exciting project soon.
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Support the Film – Black Cockatoo Crisis | Documentary Australia
Please consider donating to Documentary Australia to bring Jane Hammond’s new film to the big screen. Please share the message that Western Australia’s iconic black cockatoos are in crisis.
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Plant cockatoo food
Plant cockatoo food in your garden and encourage your council to plant cockatoo food trees in their reserves.
Find a list of Plants Used by Carnaby’s Black Cockatoos here.
Black-Cockatoo Conservation and Recovery: Guidelines for councils and land managers (by Birdlife Australia)
About the Save the Black Cockatoo Coalition
The Urban Bushland Council has joined a coalition of Traditional Owners, peak conservation groups, and leading WA scientists who are calling on the WA State Government to initiate an emergency plan to save WA ’s threatened and endangered black cockatoos.
We want the State Government to step in and initiate an immediate moratorium on the clearing of habitat until such time as their natural food habitat can be restored. This includes the Jarrah Forests for mining bauxite and other minerals plus the Gnangara pines which the Ngolyenok/Carnaby’s Cockatoo depend on.
An emergency plan must include increasing habitat restoration, improving fire management practices, and intervening to stop the shooting of Ngolak/Baudin’s Cockatoos by orchardists.
Please ACT NOW