Roseate Spoonbill
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Archive for November 21st, 2009
Endangered Bird Numbers Dropping in Tasmania
On November - 21 - 2009
During the last decade endangered birds, like the forty-spotted pardalote and the swift parrot, have lost significant amounts of their populations. This is mainly due to drought, wildfires, development, and logging. Years ago Dennes Hill on Bruny Island held larger populations of 40-spots, but not the area is silent.
Conservations in the area want the Tasmanian Government to stop the logging of important areas and save endangered bird habitat. Currently, drafts are being proposed for better logging practices, but logging continues in important bird habitat.
There have been claims that Forest Tasmania is rushing its logging routine before the drafts are completed. Forest Tasmania denies this claim and they say that logging stopped where birds are breeding. The Forest Practices Authority is working closely with logging companies like Forest Tasmania to have better logging practices and guidelines to help protect endangered bird species.
Let’s just hope that an agreement is made before it’s too late for an endangered species.
