Australia has already lost so many wonderful mammal species. Do we want the southern greater glider to suffer the same fate?
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It’s not as well-known as the Hills Hoist clothesline, but here’s another Aussie invention worth celebrating: Glide poles are reconnecting severed landscapes for a special group of marsupials.
This fluffy-eared marsupial was listed as ‘vulnerable’ under the national environment law in 2016. Five years later, it meets the criteria to be listed as ‘endangered’. Australia must do better.
Timber company VicForests won its appeal last week and logging is set to resume. Let’s take a look at the dramatic implications for wildlife and the law.
It’s a stunning win for a small community group that relied on crowd funding to cover legal costs.
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Visiting fellow, Australian National University
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Deputy Director, Australian Centre for Climate and Environmental Law and Lecturer in Law, University of Sydney
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Professor, Urban Ecology and Biodiversity, The University of Melbourne; RMIT University
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Professor in Conservation Science, School of Ecosystem and Forest Science, The University of Melbourne
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Threatened Species Biologist, Wildlife Conservation & Science Department, Zoos Victoria, and Visiting Scholar, School of Life & Environmental Science, Deakin University
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Distinguished Professor of Ecology, Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University