Swift Parrots Lose Habitat, Conservation Efforts Intensify

0:00Scientists from the Bob Brown Foundation recorded the calls of the critically endangered Swift Parrot in Tasmania's We Langed to Forest back in December and January. This area, known as COOP, WTWS03E, was already marked for clearfelling by loggers. They caught 68 observations over two months, confirming the birds were foraging and nesting there regularly. The recordings were clear sharp, fast calls from the world's quickest parrot, a government scientists reviewed them before they went online, but when the forest practices authority sent an ecologist on February 10th, the forest was already gone, so no parrots turned up. Campaigners say this shows the system fails to protect threatened species. Forestry is the top threat to Swift Parrots, which could vanish by the early 2030s. Scientific advice calls for safeguarding all potential habitat on public land, but officials downplay the logging link. Sustainable timber Tasmania insists they follow strict rules, retaining nesting trees and

1:00regenerating forests. The Tasmanian government claims no habitat destruction happens. Federally, a regional agreement puts management on the state until national law changes in July 2027. Meanwhile, groups like the Wilderness Society are hitting retailers hard, urging bunnings to drop timber from this COOP. As efforts worked, and with certification questioned, pressure builds to rethink how we balance trees, birds, and business before it's too late. That's the story for today, Sydney News Today, driven by AI. I'm Corey with The Story.