Greater gliders
"were once common along the east coast, but have since disappeared.. more than half the total population has been wiped out in just over two decades."

"Hundreds of endangered gliders have been sighted in NSW forests earmarked for logging. Surveys conducted by community conservationists documented more than 10 times the number of critical glider "den trees", and more than three times the number of gliders themselves, compared to those found by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) in its mandated pre-logging surveys.The logging in those forests is planned to continue despite the regulator being told about the sightings."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-17/endangered-greater-gliders-nsw-forests-logging-conservationist/104478304
#gliders #koalas #biodiversity #FCNSW #loggingIndustry #LoggingImpacts #harm #destruction #extinction #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #bulga #CitizenScience #BioNet #extinction makers

Raising awareness about the plight of an endangered animal - the greater glider

“Most Australians don’t know that the species even exists..."

"Habitat destruction, including land clearing, logging and climate-fuelled bushfires have seen greater glider populations decline by 80% in some areas over recent decades...We need people power to help save the world’s largest gliding marsupial and all our threatened species. That starts with stronger national environment laws that close loopholes and actually protect our unique species.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/oct/03/cuddles-and-drama-as-live-stream-shows-secret-life-of-ridiculously-fluffy-greater-glider
#gliders #TallagandaSF #loggingIndustry #wildlife #EcologicalLiteracy #destruction #laws #NSW

Environment watchdog made 'backroom deal' with state-run logging group putting endangered marsupial at risk, advocates claim

"The NSW Environment Protection Agency (EPA) has made a "dodgy backroom deal" to support loggers, angry environment groups claim, after an announcement that logging could go ahead in forests known to be safe havens for greater gliders."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-27/epa-decision-stop-work-order-lapses-logging-tallaganda-forest/103876050
#LoggingImpacts #LoggingIndustry #gliders #FCNSW #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #regulation #governance #EndangeredSpecies #biodiversity

"The hollows would have been visible when the tree was standing."

"Forestry Corporation NSW sentenced for felling hollow-bearing trees in Mogo State Forest. FCNSW was fined $20,000 and ordered to pay more than $84,000 in legal costs to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA)."

FCNSW "was also ordered to widely publicise the judgement on its social media accounts and through a paid advertisement in the local newspaper and the Sydney Morning Herald within 60 days of the judgement."

"Under the Coastal Integrated Forestry Operations Approval (CIFOA), the state-owned timber corporation responsible for managing more than 2 million hectares of public land is required to retain any hollow-bearing trees during harvesting operations. Such hollows typically form in trees more than 150 years old."

"Hollow bearings are protected in NSW legislation because they take so long to form, and more than 300 Australian native species rely on them for shelter.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-12-22/forestry-nsw-sentenced-after-illegal-logging-mogo-state-forest/103258554
#NativeForests #NSWLogging #NSWForestry #FCNSW #MogoSF #IllegalLogging #crime #governance #TallagandaSF #biodiversity #gliders #wildlife #habitat #hollows #extinction makers

Forestry Corp cops $500,000 penalty for illegal logging

"This arrangement stems from an incident involving the confirmed illegal harvesting of 17 protected trees in Coopernook State Forest on the NSW mid-North Coast."

A "Penalty comes while Forestry Corp has been issued with Stop Work Orders at Tallaganda and Flat Rock State Forests because of inadequate wildlife surveys before logging commences."
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https://1earthmedia.com/forestry-corp-cops-500000-penalty-for-illegal-logging/
#NativeForests #NSWForestry #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #tax #surveys #breaches #contractors #MidNorthCoast #WildlifeAct #biodiversity #ClimateActionNow

NSW forestry agency given another stop work order after EPA identifies endangered greater glider habitat

"The EPA said officers inspected several sites in an area with active logging and found what appeared to be a den tree for an endangered southern greater glider within 30 metres of forestry operations."

“The EPA alleges that FCNSW has not conducted detailed and thorough searches necessary to identify all greater glider and yellow-bellied glider den trees within the Flat Rock state forest compartment.”

"The Nature Conservation Council of NSW said it should not be up to members of the community to stop logging of forests that the agency was required to protect."
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https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/15/nsw-forestry-corporation-flat-rock-state-forest-endangered-greater-glider
#FCNSW #LoggingIndustry #NSWLogging #LoggingImpacts #TallagandaSF #NativeForests #gliders #BiodiversityCrisis

EPA blasts NSW Forestry’s incompetent greater glider population survey

"The NSW Forestry Corporation failed to properly search a forest for endangered greater gliders before logging their den trees, a watchdog has alleged."

"The Environment Protection Authority has released successive stop-work orders issued to the state-owned corporation over its conduct in the Tallaganda State Forest, east of Canberra. They were enforced after a dead glider was found in the forest in late August, about 50 metres from where trees were being felled."

https://www.thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2023/11/10/greater-glider-survey-balsted
#NSWForestry #NativeForests #TallagandaSF #LoggingIndustry #biodiversity #gliders #surveys

NSW destroying native forests and Greater Gliders
Tallaganda Forest destruction and the public outrage> Stop Work Order EPA

"The Tallaganda is one of the few strongholds in NSW of the Greater Glider, a nationally listed endangered species. Greater Gliders are dependent on old growth trees for their nesting hollows and the Tallaganda Forest provides these.
Had it not been for the speedy action of Wilderness Australia, WWF and many concerned citizens the logging would have continued apace."
https://johnmenadue.com/environment-andrew-forrests-climate-message-to-biden-modi-and-xi/

"A month ago, I reported the plans of the Forestry Corporation of NSW to log the Tallaganda State Forest and the forty-day Stop Work Order issued by the NSW Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) in response to public outrage."
https://johnmenadue.com/environment-on-track-for-2-degrees-of-warming-within-20-years/
#ForestryCorporation #NSWLogging #TallagandaSF #PublicOutrage #AuWrongDirection #WildernessAustralia #WWF #SouthEastForestRescue #EPA #StopWorkOrder #NativeForests #Biodiversity #StopLogging #SaveTuckersNob

Trust Forestry Corp logging surveys? FCNSW greater glider survey was done when the nocturnal animals were asleep

"The Forestry Corporation searched a NSW forest for greater gliders during the day, when the endangered animals would have been asleep.The state-owned enterprise has defended its actions after a glider was recently found dead 50 metres from harvesting operations in the Tallaganda State Forest, east of Canberra."

"Three conservation groups recently went into the forest and found 17 den trees over a small area, but their survey work was done from dusk into the night."
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https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/science/environment/2023/10/06/possum-survey-daylight-blunder
#NSWForestry #TallagandaSF #logging #gliders #koalas #TuckersNob026027 #NativeForests #LoggingIndustry #ForestryCorporation #experts #surveys #biodiversity

EPA EXTENDS STOP WORK ORDER IN TALLAGANDA STATE FOREST

"An initial Stop Work Order was issued to FCNSW by the EPA on 30 August 2023. Since then, the EPA has recorded 89 endangered Southern Greater Gliders and 20 den trees in areas subject to the Stop Work Order. Those areas had been earmarked for harvesting or planned harvesting operations."
"The Stop Work Order requires FCNSW to continue to cease all harvesting, haulage operations, and any road and track construction work in the areas of concern in the Tallaganda State Forest."
EPA located "a deceased Southern Greater Glider around 50 metres from forestry harvest operations. It is not known how the glider died."

https://newshub.medianet.com.au/2023/10/epa-extends-stop-work-order-in-tallaganda-state-forest/23100/
#FCNSW #TallagandaSF #StopLogging #NativeForests #SaveTuckersNob #NSWLogging #StopWorkOrder #EPA #gliders #biodiversity