All three species of WA's Black Cockatoos are on the brink of extinction.
These birds have faced dramatic population declines due to relentless habitat clearing and climate change.
Successive governments have failed to implement recovery plans.
While a Black Cockatoo Recovery Plan is now currently being developed by DBCA with the Commonwealth Government, no new funding has been allocated for recovery plans in the latest federal budget.
This is concerning.
Funding is crucial to deliver the recommendations outlined in any recovery plans.
Yet we also know, a recovery plan alone will not be enough to save the black cockatoos.
Especially when destructive projects that clear hectares of critical black cockatoo habitat are still being approved by the Environment Minister, with little oversight.
A federal EPA would help!
Here's why:
- A Federal EPA takes the politics out of decision-making and instead sticks to the laws and science to inform decisions that impact our nation's most precious animals like the cockatoo.
- A Federal EPA would ensure that any project breaking environmental laws and threatening species like the Black Cockatoos faces real scrutiny—and consequences.
- With a Federal EPA, projects that break environmental laws could be stopped.
A well-resourced, empowered and independent EPA can make a difference to help Saving the Black Cockatoos.
Get involved and join others in your community to show our elected representatives that nature needs protecting.