RED TAILED BLACK COCKATOO
A South-Eastern Red-Tailed Black Cockatoos in flight is a sight to behold. ABC Science / By Ann Jones for Off Track © Getty Images: Sean Garnsworthy
What we Face losing due to Deforestation, Human Activity
Author: Stephanie Bedo
Australia has already lost more than 40 per cent of the bush.
During the horror bushfire season, at least 10 per cent of the nightcap oak tree population was killed.
A federal environment department analysis found nearly 50 nationally threatened animal and plant species were believed to have had at least 80 per cent of the area in which they live affected by bushfire and deforestation.
Even outside of bushfires, Prof Bradshaw says 100 Australian endemic species alive in 1788 are now extinct.
“The rate of extinction is super high,” he says.
“Many of these species are already in a precarious position – all you need is one bushfire or drought to knock out the last of the species.”
“Australia already has a lot of smaller and endangered populations,” he says.
“It’s the highly restricted rare species that are the most vulnerable, and we’ve got a lot of those in Australia.
“There are lots of big-ticket species people would be more familiar with.”
Prof Bradshaw says: “The glossy black cockatoo on Kangaroo Island – much of their feeding and breeding habitats were destroyed in the bushfires there.”
“Australia already has a lot of smaller and endangered populations,” he says.
“It’s the highly restricted rare species that are the most vulnerable and we’ve got a lot of those in Australia.
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