We need new, strong Black Cockatoo Recovery Plans, to save all three threatened Black Cockatoo species in WA from extinction.
Despite their profound significance to many people, distressingly, cockatoo numbers have fallen dramatically over the past few decades and we’re facing the real threat of losing them forever unless something is done to protect the critical habitat cockatoos rely on.
Saving the Black Cockatoos, and all threatened species and ecological communities in WA, requires long-term, transformative change.
With two elections in 2025, now more than ever, you have the ear of politicians. This is our opportunity to ask the government to save all three threatened Black Cockatoo species in WA from extinction.
We need
- A new, strong Black Cockatoo Recovery Plans, to save all three threatened Black Cockatoo species in WA from extinction
- An updated and implemented Biodiversity Strategy for WA to protect and restore WA’s ecosystems
- A moratorium on clearing critical habitat and remnant native vegetation in WA
- Increased funding for ecological restoration programs to increase native vegetation cover to 30% by 2040, focusing on local government areas and bioregions with less than 10% cover
- The WA Environmental Protection Authority to assess the state of the Swan Coastal Plain bioregion
- To limit to the use of environmental offsets in WA and establish stringent criteria to guarantee that offsets contribute to an absolute gain in habitat and biodiversity
- Improved government consultation standards to ensure meaningful and ongoing public participation in environmental decision-making
The Conservation Council of WA (CCWA) has worked with key member groups and partners to develop a further set of key priorities for environmental reform ahead of the 2025 State Election. These priorities address some of the most imminent threats to our unique and precious nature in WA. We encourage individuals and community groups to meet with candidates in the lead up to the elections, to call on incoming politicians to commit to these priorities and deliver reformed nature laws to safeguard all threatened species and ecosystems.