#greatergliders — Public Fediverse posts

Australia’s alpine ash forests are now officially endangered.

"Intensifying fire seasons are threatening this balance to the extent the Federal Government has just officially listed this forest type as an endangered ecosystem. This means these forests face a high risk of collapse or extinction. "

"It is also an important part of First Nations cultural landscapes – in north-east Victoria, the Taungurung people harvested Bogong moths (or Deberra) when the moths migrated to mountain forests where alpine ash is a key part of the landscape. " >>
https://theconversation.com/australias-alpine-ash-forests-are-now-officially-endangered-can-we-save-them-279099

Image: Eugène von Guérard, Warrenheip Hills near Ballarat, 1854 "The name "Warrenheip" is derived from the Aboriginal word "warrengeep," meaning "trees on mountain top" or "emu feathers on top".
https://www.ngv.vic.gov.au/essay/a-brush-with-fidelity-three-works-by-eugene-von-guerard/

#AlpineAsh #BogongMoths #LeadbeatersPossums #GreaterGliders #LoggingImpacts #Bushfires #extinction #ecosystem #collapse #biodiversity #FossilFuel #climate #IndigenousPeoples

Hello possums, if you live in NSW and want to put pressure on your state MP, this takes only a few seconds (you can write to your MP today using the link to a form and demand an immediate pause on logging in these glider sanctuaries while the government determines the future of the industry). #environment #GreaterGliders #ForestAlliance

https://www.forestalliancensw.org.au/greater-gliders

Greater gliders' spectacular recovery after bushfires https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-04/greater-glider-population-booms-after-blue-mountain-bushfires/105003914

"Endangered #GreaterGliders in part of the southern #BlueMountains have made a spectacular recovery after the black summer #bushfires in 2019-20... the #marsupials' numbers are 45% higher than were before the fires began in 2019... Greater gliders are like #koalas. They feed exclusively on #eucalypt foliage... there's been a lot of new eucalypt foliage for them to feed on"

Glide’n’seek … a camera has been installed inside a tree hollow in New South Wales, #Australia, delivering a livestream of the resident greater gliders. Viewers can see the pair of endangered possums groom each other, cuddle and squabble – with their tiny baby even making an appearance.

Photograph: Ana Gracanin

@photography
#GreaterGliders

On @InThoseDays podcast we discussed the gliders court case with Felicity Law. This case was a big win for small community environment groups Kinglake Friends of the Forest, Gippsland Environment Group and Environment East Gippsland @KinglakeForest

VicForests is now required to properly survey forest before logging and protect glider habitat if they are found.

It could mean the end of native forest logging in Victoria and someone could make a movie about it, I reckon.

You can read more here: https://eastgippsland.net.au/eeg-media-releases/gliders-receive-court-protection-vicforests-found-to-have-broken-the-law/

And listen to Felicity here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5luP9loWl0MMcCIoNzl3q3

#GreaterGliders #VicForests #NativeForestLogging

On @InThoseDays we spoke to my cousin Felicity Law who has been involved in forest activism and the very successful greater glider court case in Victoria.

We looked back into the newspaper archives to see that threats to greater gliders from habitat loss was understood decades ago.

We no longer call them flying squirrels but VicForests is still cutting down their habitat.

https://podcasts.apple.com/sa/podcast/giving-a-flying-phalanger/id1558781853?i=1000593629883

#VicForests #GreaterGliders #NativeForestLogging #NewspaperArchives #Trove

#Introduction. I write books for young people - published by University of Queensland Press.

I've just finished a qualification in Information Management and would like to work in a public library. I love the National Library of Australia's digital archive Trove and have a podcast called In Those Days discussing newspaper articles that have a personal connection to a guest.

I try to mention the climate crisis a fair bit on social media. I'm particularly interested in the extent of fossil fuel sponsorships in Australia and how these extend social license.

I support campaigns to end native forest logging in Victoria.

I often analyse people through the prism of what netball position they play, or which BSC member they are most like. If I'm honest, I am a WD and a Mallory.

#ClimateAction #MiddleGrade #KidLit #AusLit #FossilAdBan #FossilFuelSponsorship #NativeForestLogging #VicForests #VictorianForests #Trove #GreaterGliders #NationalLibraryofAustralia #NLA #BSC #Netball