Protect Our Cockatoos From Urban Sprawl

Protect Our Cockatoos From Urban Sprawl

Carnabys cockatoos exist nowhere else in the world. They are a totem for Noongar people and are part of our shared cultural and environmental heritage. They are also listed as an endangered species under State and Commonwealth environmental laws.

So you can imagine how shocked we were to lean that the State Governments Green Growth Plan would decimate the population of these beautiful birds.

While the State Government has hailed this Plan as a great environmental initiative, their own modeling shows that it will lock in the deaths of thousands of cockatoos through starvation as their vital food sources are ...

Carnabys cockatoos exist nowhere else in the world. They are a totem for Noongar people and are part of our shared cultural and environmental heritage. They are also listed as an endangered species under State and Commonwealth environmental laws.

So you can imagine how shocked we were to lean that the State Governments Green Growth Plan would decimate the population of these beautiful birds.

While the State Government has hailed this Plan as a great environmental initiative, their own modeling shows that it will lock in the deaths of thousands of cockatoos through starvation as their vital food sources are bulldozed to make way for more unsustainable urban sprawl.

The public submission period for this plan is open now. Tell them to send it back to the drawing board.

 

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Protect Our Cockatoos From Urban Sprawl

Make a submission to the Department of Premier and Cabinet, to let them know that the Green Growth Plan must not be approved in its current form. Your impact will be greater if you personalise the message.


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The State Government is seeking public comment on the draft Perth and Peel Green Growth Plan for 3.5 million suite of documents.

The draft documents are available for public comment until 5pm on 8 April 2016.

Submissions received will be considered by the State Government prior to the preparation of final documents in 2016.

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You can also write a hand written submission to the Department of Premier and Cabinet directly: 

Draft Perth and Peel Green Growth Plan for 3.5 million
Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Locked Bag 3001
WEST PERTH WA 6872