The Glossy Project – Coffs Coast is a citizen science initiative which supports the bushfire recovery of South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoos and their habitats on the Coffs Coast in NSW.
The South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo population is declining, and continues to be threatened by bushfires, droughts, land clearing, urban development and inappropriate planned fires.
The bushfires of 2019‒20 impacted over a third of the South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoo’s distribution
The Glossy Project – Coffs Coast aims to secure local populations of Glossies by:
Data collected supports vital bushfire recovery and conservation work for Glossies by informing management of their foraging habitats.
We’re coordinating citizen science events such as the Great Glossy Count, to collect data on Glossy populations and where they are feeding. This data is used to inform actions to protect and enhance their feeding habitat.
We’re working with communities on the Coffs Coast, as well as government agencies and non-government organisations, to protect and enhance habitat.
We’re educating the community about Glossy Black-Cockatoos and training citizen scientists to collect data to inform habitat management.
This project is funded by BirdLife Australia and the NSW Government Saving our Species Program.
South-eastern Glossy Black-Cockatoos had around 38% of their range impacted by the 2019–20 Black Summer bushfires. This project supports the post-bushfire recovery of the species in East Gippsland by protecting their short-term food supplies and increasing their long-term food security.
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