How much money is the government spending to protect and prevent Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo habitat loss?
• Funding is not necessarily the solution for this species, protection of habitat is the number one priority. • There are about 20 environmental agencies in Victoria involved in conserving the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. • Conservation of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is a priority for the Government’s threatened species program and the national recovery program has been in place for about eight years. How many Red-tailed Black-Cockatoos remain, where do they exist? • The South-eastern Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo is one of 5 subspecies of the Red-tailed Black-Cockatoo. It occurs as a single population in far south-western Victoria and adjacent parts of South Australia. The total population is estimated to be about 1000 including 600-700 breeding birds. Buloke habitat – how much exists, where does it exist, why is it important? • Buloke provides an important food supplement for the population during late summer. Buloke seed is only available from January to March as the cones ripen and ope
