Parrot was under pressure to eliminate their population. Caused by human activities.
Maybe one day our children will only know the songs of birds from cockatoos.According to the Association of Avian Rahmadi Rahmad of Indonesia, Bogor, Indonesia's cockatoos are scattered in the Wallacea region are threatened with extinction.
BirdLife International as the scientific authority of The World Conservation Union (IUCN) for all species of birds in the world to assess three of the seven species of parrots that exist only in Indonesia face the threat of extinction.
Three types of Cockatoo Moluccan Cockatoo that is, the White Cockatoo and Parrot Tanimbar.
They face many pressures that can wipe out their population in the wild.
Meanwhile, the yellow-crested cockatoo, which is also present in Timor-Leste, has the highest keterancaman status: critical.
Rahmadi explains, the cause of the scarcity of cockatoos in Indonesia is illegal arrest of people who made irresponsible.
"Also, international trade does not pay attention to the sustainability of the population," he said, Tuesday, November 2, 2010.
Not only that, the species of cockatoos and other crooked beak face the threat of losing habitat. Forests where they live converted to commercial land.
"Every year in the period 2006 to 2009, deforestation rates reached 31 million hectares per year," he added.
Recognized Rahmadin, three types of cockatoos can be found in secondary forests and forests that have undergone the process of logging. In fact, the White Cockatoo is considered quite tolerant to forest modification.
However, "three desperate need of natural forest cover with canopy cover tightly, especially the availability of large trees as nest," he added.
To prevent the cockatoos in name, BirdLife International to develop a conservation program based on accepted standards and criteria and can be applied globally.
Conservation program is not only identify, document and protect critical network areas for birds, but also other biological wealth.
The program is known as an Important Bird Area (IBA), (VN)
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