Greater gliders: fears of 'catastrophic' consequences from logging in Victoria

06.09.2017

Gliders listed as threatened by both state and federal governments, but they are not protected by legislationLogging has begun in trees inhabited by the threatened greater gliders in a forest also inhabited by Victoria's faunal emblem, the threatened Leadbeater's possum.Protections for the remaining Leadbeater's possum population - believed to be fewer than 2,500 breeding individuals left in the wild - mean logging will be halted within 200m of known colonies. But no such protection exists for the greater gliders, which have been listed as threatened by both state and federal governments. Continue reading...

Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/07/greater-gliders-fears-of-catastrophic-consequences-from-logging-in-victoria

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