THE CLIMATE ACTION SHOW

Produced by Vivien Langford and Bella Jesson

May 5th 2025

THE GREATER GLIDER  Protect our Forests

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NO MUSIC ON A DEAD PLANET

While the state  Environment Minister is asleep in her bed at night, forest protectors are out in the dark, on tough terrain, with torches trying to locate greater glider nesting trees. The law says the loggers must avoid parts of the forest where there is evidence that this is glider habitat, but loggers go out in the daytime to find the nocturnal gliders and say they can find none. Should the concerned community really being doing their job for them?

While the Federal Environment Minister wants to see no extinctions on her watch and is running for re election, the greater glider is on the endangered list and its habitat is being logged in QLD and NSW. Should she really be allowed to get away with this?

https://science.anu.edu.au/news-events/news/new-logging-rules-nsw-put-gr...

And in case you are wondering what saving the glider can do to buffer us against the worst of global heating:

At UN Climate Change Conferences (COPs), forest protection is a key focus, with a strong emphasis on halting and reversing deforestation and forest degradation by 2030. These efforts are crucial for both climate mitigation and adaptation, as forests play a vital role in absorbing carbon dioxide and providing numerous ecosystem services. 

We go to the Bob Brown Foundation"Protect our forests Rally" in Sydney on March 25th 2025.

Speakers:

Andrew Wong Forest Ecologist and operations manager from  Wilderness Australia

In recognition of his commitment to strategic thinking he has been asked to train campaigners in eight different countries. He was the Chair of the health promotion charity ‘Life. Be in it.’ Australia 2019-2022.

Susie Russell - Veteran Forest Campaigner

(The Byron Echo October 2024)Veteran forest campaigner Susie Russell was arrested yesterday  in Bulga State Forest. She was the 12th arrest in the local community’s campaign to protect the Bulga forest.

Ms Russell had attached herself to the giant logging machinery until she was cut off.

‘Every hour those machines don’t work is 50 trees saved,’ she said. ‘Our community will throw itself at the machines for as long as we can. We don’t want to give up any chance to save this precious forest and the Greater Gliders and Koalas that live there.

‘I have no doubt that our actions are on the right side of history.

‘All the science, all the reports, all the experts, say that if we want to repair the damage to our planet, we need to start by not doing more damage. That is the most straightforward and cheapest way to make progress.

‘Removing hundreds of thousands of trees from the top of the catchment is insanity,’ said Ms Russell.

‘The trees hold the land together. When the intense rain events come and the soil washes downstream, and the rivers silt up and the floods are extreme, no doubt those currently overseeing the destruction will wring their hands and lament.

‘I am sickened at the inertia of the environment departments and their ministers, at state and federal level. They have no vision, and no appetite for action. They are keeping their seats warm while their support base evaporates and the damage intensifies.

‘Those of us putting ourselves in arrestable situations trying to stop the carnage, would much rather be planting trees or running youth programs or removing weeds.

Senator Mehreen Faruqui

https://www.instagram.com/mehreenfaruqi/reel/DHh61mHBAb_/

Coco - Ghanaian poet of Mother Earth and rap singer

Sue Higginson - NSW Parliament-  Video:Shocking proof of greater glider bewildered in decimated forest

https://www.netimes.com.au/2025/04/30/greens-call-for-end-to-logging-as-...

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Noelani Petero - No Music on a dead planet . Interview by Bella Jesson

https://www.instagram.com/noelani_thefaceaustralia/?hl=en

Headlines 

FOREST WIN IN HIGH COURT

https://bobbrown.org.au/forest-win-in-high-court/

Activists occupy Forestry Corp building

https://www.echo.net.au/2025/04/activists-occupy-forestry-corp-building/

TAKE ACTION - Can you please write to Premier of NSW?- just fill in the form below

https://www.suehigginson.org/logging