With funding from the State NRM Program, the Department of Planning mapped habitat critical to the survival of Carnaby's black-cockatoo, a species of national environmental significance. These maps were cross-referenced with maps of approved land zonings to identify areas of possible land-use conflict.
Mapping initially focused on Carnaby's black-cockatoo and aimed to alert government and developers to potential land-use conflicts at the earliest possible stage, acting as a conservation and land-use planning tool.
Priority areas highlighted by the project will be used to develop lists of areas for research and habitat conservation that could be funded as part of future development offset packages and bio-banking.
Maps developed depicting likely Carnaby's cockatoo nesting, feeding and roosting habitat for key areas of the Swan Coastal Plain and outer regions to Gingin and Dunsborough.
Maps showing areas of critical cockatoo habitat intersected with approved and proposed land development to identify areas of likely land-use conflict.
Areas identified of likely land-use conflict between critical habitat and approved land zonings and development.
List created of research and habitat conservation areas that could potentially be funded as part of future development offset packages.