00:00A mother carrying the next generation, a sorely needed addition to a declining species.
00:08Greater gliders are one of the most common species and then after the bushfires a third
00:12of their habitat was burnt.
00:14These forests will soon be logged.
00:17We know that native forest logging is having an extreme impact on this species.
00:21In New South Wales the government owned Logging Corporation is only required to conduct greater
00:26glider surveys on 10% of an area prior to logging.
00:30The government is not serious about protecting this endangered species.
00:36Conservationists took matters into their own hands and did surveys using drones.
00:40In the Tallaganda State Forest near Canberra the Forestry Corporation found just seven
00:45glider dens.
00:47Conservationists found 111.
00:49In Bolga State Forest just 14 gliders were found by the Forestry Corporation.
00:54The community survey found 94.
00:57In total across the state forest the community surveys found more than three times as many
01:02gliders as Forestry Corp and more than 10 times as many glider den trees.
01:08Forestry Corporation has a vested interest in not finding greater gliders because they
01:12do trigger a minimal protection.
01:15Forestry Corporation says the high numbers are a credit to the industry.
01:18Lobbyist James Euster agrees.
01:21Forestry Corporation and our state forests are doing an incredible job to manage this
01:24iconic species.
01:26The den trees identified will now be protected but the gliders themselves are only granted
01:31protection if they are sighted by Forestry Corporation.
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