The Glossy Black Cockatoo feeds on the cones of mature Allocasuarina trees.The site was mapped with a biodiversity overlay under the planning scheme.The approval currency period was extended by the Noosa Shire Council in 2017 after it was de-amalgamated from the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. Sunshine Coast Regional Council gave Blue Care permission to develop the facility in 2011 but the development was not commenced at that time.At the time, the Noosa Shire Council had the ability to develop planning scheme policies to mitigate and offset impacts for the Glossy Black Cockatoo through conditions of an approval.During this time, Noosa Shire Council was in the process of amalgamating into the Sunshine Coast Regional Council. The site in question was zoned urban in the Noosa Shire Planning Scheme when the Blue Care application was made to Noosa Shire Council in 2008.The status of the Glossy Black Cockatoo in Queensland is ‘vulnerable’ under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.Their response is included below in italics: The Minister for Environment sent a lengthy response covering the background, state referrals and the current Environmental Offset Policy 2014. At that stage the development still required Noosa Council approval for vegetation clearing and earthworks associated.

The Minister for Infrastructure advised that due to the age of the development application (19 December 2011) he does not have the power to call in or otherwise change the development. This development was first brought to our attention in 2019 at which time we investigated with both the Minister for Infrastructure and Planning and the Minister for Environment what was possible to save this habitat. You might also be interested in learning about the important role bushfires play in biodiversity. To learn more about how species are recovering after the bushfires on Kangaroo Island, read our blog about the endangered KI dunnart. What other recovery work is underway?Ī Wildlife and Habitat Bushfire Recovery Plan is currently being created for South Australia in partnership with the Wildlife and Habitat Recovery Taskforce and input from leading threatened species ecologists, experts from the island, conservation groups, KI community and Australian and SA government representatives. To help support the recovery of species like the glossy black in parks, you can donate to the National Parks and Wildlife Service South Australia and the Nature Foundation’s Wildlife Recovery Fund or donate to the special Glossy Black Cockatoo Recovery Program. Watch this video from 7 News Adelaide to find out more. The remaining glossy-black cockatoo population is being monitored to better understand flock movements following the bushfires, and a glossy black population count will be carried out in spring 2020. Long-term recovery actions are underway including building and installing new nest boxes and planting she-oak trees. On 11 February the Commonwealth Government named the glossy black-cockatoo as one of the top 10 bird species under threat following the bushfires.

The exact number of native animals that perished has not been confirmed. Post-bushfire populationĪbout 75 per cent of SA’s endangered glossy black-cockatoo population lived in the bushfire zone and a significant percentage of its known feeding habitat was burnt. The 2019-20 bushfire event on Kangaroo Island was the largest in the island’s recorded history and burnt more vegetation than any other bushfire on the island.Ībout 200,000 hectares of the 440,500 ha island was burnt – that’s almost half the island. The seventh flock is based mostly on the eastern end of Kangaroo Island.īe in the know: Read our our blog about the recovery efforts that have been underway since 1995 when there were only 150 glossies on the island. Here’s everything you need to know about these cockies, their habitat and how they are recovering: Pre-bushfire populationīefore the bushfires, Kangaroo Island was estimated to only have about 370 glossy black-cockatoos, congregating in seven main flocks.įive of these flocks relied almost entirely on habitat in the bushfire-affected area for feeding and nesting, while another flock only has part of its habitat in the area. This summer’s bushfires had a huge impact on this special species. Our Kangaroo Island glossies pretty much only eat drooping she-oak tree seeds too. Kangaroo Island has a super special subspecies of the endangered glossy, which is smaller but has a bigger bill than the subspecies that occurs along the east coast of Australia. Glossy black-cockatoos are only found in two sections of the country – from eastern Queensland to Mallacoota in Victoria and on South Australia’s Kangaroo Island.

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