tyabblemons Said:

There is a lot of debate in the community about Leadbeater's Possum at present. Many outlets are giving good coverage of the issue, being led by The Age.

This is the science, in a nutshell. The two greatest threats to Leadbeater's Possum are fire and logging. Climate change is causing massive fires.

The government's position, and the logging industry ignore the effects of fire. They have carried on, regardless of 45% of Leadbeater's Possum habitat being wiped out in the 2009 fires. There is one tiny, unburned and unlogged patch of forest remaining in Victoria. Industry have their sights firmly set on harvesting it. It contains the most dense population of Leadbeater's Possum still surviving.

Professor David Lindenmayer has personally asked me to publish this information for your perusal.

Please open the PDF file contained in this link to see the document. Thank you.

Brad Lemon

3rd September, 2013.