A flaw in environmental law prevents regulators seeing the forest from the (rapidly disappearing) trees. That’s why this species is fighting for survival, writes Andrew Picone. Australia’s largest cockatoo, the palm cockatoo (Probosciger aterrimus macgillivrayi) is headed towards extinction as a spate of new strip-mining projects are set to obliterate substantial tracts of habitat on Cape York Peninsula. Listed as vulnerable under the Commonwealth’s Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation (EPBC) Act in October 2015, the plight of the palm cockatoo is symptomatic of Australia’s inadequate environmental laws. Bauxite mining operations on Cape York’s west coast have already reduced...
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