New logging rules in NSW put the greater glider closer to extinction. When will we start protecting these amazing animals?
- Written by: David Lindenmayer, Professor, The Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University
Forty years ago when my colleagues and I did spotlighting surveys, the southern greater glider was the most common animal we’d see. Now, this amazing species is endangered. In many areas it is hard to find; in others it has been lost altogether.
Australia has a disproportionately large number of in-danger species, and their decline follows a...