VALE Yellow Bellied Gliders of Bago Plateau.

Minister Parker determines logging can proceed in their forest habitat.

What Minister Parker has failed to explain is why there should be any logging at all in the habitat of this endangered species. They are endangered because their habitat is already inadequate.

The Scientific Committee's finding is only 3 years old - the Minister can't claim it is out of date in changed circumstances.

Apologies for these offensive images but this is the reality of death in the forests of SE NSW under the current species extinguishing regime

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Court finds that the Bega Valley Shire Council's decision to permit a wood pellet plant has been invalidated! The Council did not consider the Public Submissions, the principles of Ecologically Sustainable Development and the zoning of the land. 16.12.2011

"With NSW’s forests running out of supplies of contracted timber, logging is now coming close to towns and villages such as Bermagui, Tanja and Tathra. This logging is putting residents at risk from wildfires". Jamie Shaw. Forest Forum 09.12.2011

"...forests with high carbon storage capacities are in relatively cool, moist climates that have fast growth with low decomposition rates, and older, complex, multi-aged and layered forests with minimal human disturbance. ...eliminating harvesting of old-growth forests is perhaps the most important policy measure that can be taken to reduce emissions from land ecosystems." Will Steffen, Climate Commissioner 05.2011

Native Forest Logging and Fire

Logging native forests did not reduce the chance of house loss, the researchers from the US and Australia said. “We found no significant relationship between house loss and the amount of logging in the landscape,” said Professor Ross Bradstock Summit County 19.01.2012.