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.

     On the 29th of August 2013, Rose and I attended the Extinction Emergency presentation at RMITs Storey Hall in Melbourne. The hall was completely full. We were there to listen to Professor Tim Flannery, Dr Bob Brown (Bob Brown Foundation), and Professor David Lindenmayer speak about the plan for the Great Forest National Park, proposed for Victoria. The event was hosted by Adam Bandt (Greens).

     We met some very interesting people, including Sarah Rees, from My Environment, and the crew from Friends of Leadbeater's Possum. We had a delightful conversation with some of the Sea Shepherd crew (very interesting people!), who invited us to inspect the ships soon.

     The video quality is just barely acceptable - we'll be updating the video camera before the next event.

     The two professors gave us the facts.

     Bob Brown had some important messages. He asked us to stop the logging. He urged peaceful methods, but said we must stop the chainsaws. He suggested we group together with 5 or 6 people from our neighbourhoods to try to preserve Leadbeater's Possum from extinction. Sarah Rees urged us to stop the bulldozers.

Brad Lemon

30th August 2013.

Professor David Lindenmayer and ANU talk at Healesville Memorial Hall 12/8/13 Part 1 http://youtu.be/YLodNiMZQZY

Professor David Lindenmayer and ANU talk at Healesville Memorial Hall 12/8/13 Part 2 http://youtu.be/RikZG_TCN-8

Professor David Lindenmayer and ANU talk at Healesville Memorial Hall 12/8/13 Part 3 http://youtu.be/VQdNouC6RNA

That's me up the front - with the bald spot and the video camera.