Greetings from WA!
Given all the comments over the past couple of yearsfrom the unknowing ‘eastern staters’ (some of you should get out more!) that Ihave read on HC bagging the EPA, stating that the ‘AN land ain’t that special’,the ‘greenies won’t make an issue ’etc, it has to be spelled out that ourCarnaby and Baudin Cockatoo’s have a greater endangered consideration by the relevantregulators than the Koala (a reference point for the Vics and NSW’ers).
These grabs are from the Australian Conservation Foundation website put some perspective on it.
Koala facts
Commonname: Koala
Scientific name: Phascolarctos cinereusPopulation: DecliningEndangeredstatus: Endangered (QLD, NSW, ACT)
Carnaby’s cockatoo
Commonname: Carnaby’s black-cockatoo, short-billed black-cockatoo,white-tailed black-cockatooScientificname:Zanda latirostris, CalyptorhynchuslatirostrisPopulation: DecliningEndangeredstatus: Endangered (Australia, EPBC Act); Specially Protected Fauna (WA),Endangered (IUCN Red List)
Baudin’s cockatoo
Commonnames: Baudin’s cockatoo, Baudin’s black-cockatoo, long-billedblack-cockatoo or white-tailed black-cockatooScientificname:Zanda baudiniiPopulation: DecliningEndangeredstatus: Vulnerable (WA, Australia), Endangered (IUCN Red List)
So, their habitat especially that for nesting is a veryBIG DEAL here in the west. To get the DVT method accepted by the EPA for purpose of advertising the PER is also a big deal – may it proceed to a positive conclusion!
Sorry, gotta go, got to tend to my koala roast!
