Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) abandoned logging plans in the western half of a 515 hectare section of Glenbog State Forest in mid-May after 131 den trees were identified by citizen scientists.
Three years ago, Wilderness Australia pioneered a new way of using citizen science to protect threatened species habitat from logging. That idea was widely embraced by the community in NSW, and has now become an unstoppable force in forest conservation. It has so far saved two whole state forests and created well over 2000 greater glider den tree exclusion zones. The most recent outcome of this work occurred just two weeks ago - Forestry Corporation NSW (FCNSW) abandoned logging plans in the western half of a 515 hectare section of Glenbog State Forest.
An area of Greater Glider habitat the size of Sydney's CBD is safe for now!
However, other parts of Glenbog are scheduled to be logged on September 1st. Over the coming months we must build on this momentum and stop FCNSW from destroying the remaining sections of this critical biodiversity stronghold.
Eighteen months ago, Wilderness Australia began a campaign to save Glenbog. Today, an extraordinary coalition of environment and animal protection groups - representing more than 1 million people across Australia - have coalesced around this incredible cloud forest.
Based on the citizen science data and high quality wildlife imagery we have collected, the combined campaign has resulted in more than 70,000 people asking the NSW government to protect Glenbog in the last two months. We deeply appreciate those who took the time to take action.
