Results just superb
September 08, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Katunga irrigated crop farmer Colin Rendell has devoted nearly 10 per cent of his 129 ha farm to superb parrot habitat since 2003.
Source: By Sophie Bruns - Country News
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Government criticised for environment cuts
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
The Opposition is criticising the Federal Government for cutting the Environmental Stewardship program for farmers by $12 million.
Source: ABC Rural
Geometric model could mean breakthrough in saving endangered kakapo
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
A mathematical model used to assess the nutrient balance of the kakapo diet has the potential to help solve one of the main challenges to saving the endangered native parrot
Source: Massey University
Endangered parrot to be tracked
September 01, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Authorities on Western Australia’s south coast are trying to track the western ground parrot as part of the effort to save the species from extinction.
Source: ABC Science
Gold mines could save cockatoos
August 28, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
Recent controversy over the impact of landclearing on Carnaby’s Cockatoos has emphasised the need for better understanding of how to conserve and restore habitat for this endangered species while allowing for other land uses.
Source: Murdoch University
Lethal parrot disease may be caused by horse virus
August 11, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News
A devastating parrot disease that has pushed one species to the brink of extinction might be spread by a newly-discovered virus.
Farmer takes government to court for parrot destruction
August 07, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation Parrot News
A Marigot farmer has begun legal proceedings against the Roosevelt Skerrit Government for damaged caused to his orange plantation by parrots.
Source: Dominica news online
35 Cape parrots counted in Limpopo
August 04, 2008 — Filed in: Conservation
The Cape Parrot, Poicephalus robustus robustus, is endemic to South Africa. It only occurs in the afromontane yellowwood forests found in KwaZulu-Natal, the eastern cape and Limpopo. These trees are utilised by the cape parrot for food and nesting sites, but due to habitat destruction, these forests are becoming more and more fragmented, leaving the parrot with less and less place to live.
Source: Kruger National Park news
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