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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lisa Cox

Endangered greater gliders recorded in proposed great koala national park in NSW as logging continues

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Government surveys estimate about 36,000 greater gliders inhabit the proposed great koala national park in New South Wales. Photograph: Paul Revie/Wildlife Preservation Society Queensland

Government surveys have found tens of thousands of endangered greater gliders could be living within the proposed area for a great koala national park in New South Wales, prompting new calls for the area to be quickly protected from logging.

Data from aerial drone and ground-based surveys at 169 sites within the proposed park were used to model the likely presence of Australia’s largest gliding possum across the entire 176,000 hectares the NSW government is considering for protection.

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