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WA's unique black cockatoos are suffering

Western Australia’s unique black cockatoo species are a state icon, yet these charismatic birds are now locked in a desperate fight for survival.

Each mature cockatoo must eat 100 large marri gum nuts or 1000 small jarrah nuts every day just to survive, but the combined impacts of logging, land clearing, recent bushfires and last year’s record drought mean that there is simply not enough to go around.

 
 
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WA has never had a commercial uranium mine; we’ve had state wide bans on uranium mining and federal restrictions on uranium mining and a long history of public opposition.
 
Our beautiful SouthWest forests are under threat from shocking new plans to increase karri logging! Join us in saying – Protect our Forests, Stop Logging Now! 2011 is the United Nations international year of the forests. Western Australia has forests that are globally significant biodiversity hotspots, containing a unique diversity of plant and animal species found nowhere else in the world. Forests are natural carbon stores, water filters and rain makers, but above all else are vital for a healthy eco-system and community.
 
Western Australians are among the biggest consumers of resources in the world and one of the biggest factors contributing to this unsustainable consumption is the lack of recycling activity here in WA. Just about everything we throw away can potentially be recycled, but in WA we send thousands of tones of packaging, building materials and other valuable resources to rubbish dumps around the state every year.
 
Less than 1% of Australia’s South West marine environment is protected, despite being home to a far greater level of unique species than the Great Barrier Reef. The federal government is considering the future of these waters right now – we need to tell our Prime Minister - 1% protection is not enough.
 
NoNewCoalWA .The Barnett Liberal Government has recently approved a massive expansion in highly polluting coal power in WA which will contribute to a staggering 75% increase in WA's carbon pollution.
 
The Kimberley region is internationally recognised for its unspoilt marine, coastal and inland environments including islands, coral reefs, mangroves, rainforests, rangelands and rivers. Industrial developments like the gas hub threaten these marine, coastal and inland areas.
 
 

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