#gliders — Public Fediverse posts

"New data has pointed to the "systemic" under-reporting of greater glider dens within areas earmarked for logging in New South Wales, which scientists say could result in localised extinctions."

"Environment groups say the new rules have allowed Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW), a state government-owned logging company, to survey less of the forests they plan to log, which has resulted in the number of greater gliders being severely underestimated."
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-21/environment-groups-decry-greater-glider-survey-results/106017274

Century-old trees critical to greater gliders >>
https://au.news.yahoo.com/late-night-discovery-in-bushland-sparks-fears-for-rare-aussie-animal-epic-failure-033852924.html
#biodiversity #gliders #nswLogging #LoggingImpacts #wildlife #extinction #FCNSW

Shiny new barbed wire fences are going up around the Bellingen and Gleniffer area:

"Barbed wire is a hidden killer of Aussie wildlife. Gliders, bats, owls and wallabies die tangled every year. Researchers have long documented sugar and squirrel gliders caught on barbed wire in roadside vegetation...Replacing barbed wire with plain fencing is a quick win for nature. It’s simple, cheap, lifesaving."
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https://www.lyrebirddreaming.com/post/barbed-wire-a-silent-killer-of-wildlife

Conservation fencing >>
https://www.bct.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2024-04/essential-conservation-fencing-guide-april-24.pdf
#fences #traps #fencing #BarbedWire #entanglement #biodiversity #WildlifeFriendly #conservation #gliders #BellingenShire #roads

The land cleared was rich in biodiversity...
now stripped bare of native vegetation

"Landowner who ignored orders to stop clearing 200-year-old trees on NSW native bush property fined $125,000. The illegal land clearing of an area high in biodiversity took place despite two formal warnings. The landowner was twice instructed to stop clearing."
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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-29/land-clearing-fine-200-year-old-trees-nsw/103908236

"The trees cleared included food tree species for the endangered koala, and habitat for the vulnerable gang gang cockatoo and yellow-bellied glider."
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https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/news/historic-fine-following-unauthorised-land-clearing

#NSW #biodiversity #destruction #StrippedBare #LandClearing #law #crime #LandOwners #koalas #gliders #NativeVegetation #extinction makers