http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk/news/60/victoria-wildlife-news/victoria-75000ha-set-aside-for-wildlife/ Melbourne City news and migration news Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:53:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk/news/60/victoria-wildlife-news/victoria-75000ha-set-aside-for-wildlife/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Forest Policy Research » Blog Archive » 365 Asia-Pacific-Australia Sat, 05 Jul 2008 00:51:27 +0000 http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk/news/?p=60#comment-20 [...] 25) The State Government of Victoria is to set aside 75,000 hectares to help protect 3 of Victoria’s most endangered wildlife species, including Leadbeater’s possum, the state’s faunal emblem. The Government is expected to announce the plan on Monday. It will include a 30,000-hectare reserve in central Victoria for the possum, 40,000 hectares in East Gippsland and the state’s north-east to protect the long-footed potoroo, and 5500 hectares to protect the most significant habitat of the Baw Baw frog. “This package is a powerful way of protecting the habitat of endangered species and ensuring their future protection,” Environment Minister Gavin Jennings said. He will also announce a plan, including an in-depth study to be completed by 2010 to protect Victoria’s remaining rainforests and help prevent the spread of the fatal plant virus myrtle wilt. The plan has won the support of key environment groups, which have spent years lobbying the Government. “Any new reserves that enable endangered species greater protection is always welcomed by environment groups,” said Sarah Rees, spokeswoman for MyEnvironment Inc. “For Victoria’s only native frog, this is the best action the Government could take to secure its future.” The Baw Baw frog has all but disappeared, with the population falling to a few hundred, from about 15,000 in 1994. It is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list for critically endangered species. The population of the tiny nocturnal Leadbeater’s possums has been reduced by half to about 2000 since it was listed as critically endangered in 1996, despite a decade-long joint federal and state plan to save it. http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk/news/?p=60 [...] [...] 25) The State Government of Victoria is to set aside 75,000 hectares to help protect 3 of Victoria’s most endangered wildlife species, including Leadbeater’s possum, the state’s faunal emblem. The Government is expected to announce the plan on Monday. It will include a 30,000-hectare reserve in central Victoria for the possum, 40,000 hectares in East Gippsland and the state’s north-east to protect the long-footed potoroo, and 5500 hectares to protect the most significant habitat of the Baw Baw frog. “This package is a powerful way of protecting the habitat of endangered species and ensuring their future protection,” Environment Minister Gavin Jennings said. He will also announce a plan, including an in-depth study to be completed by 2010 to protect Victoria’s remaining rainforests and help prevent the spread of the fatal plant virus myrtle wilt. The plan has won the support of key environment groups, which have spent years lobbying the Government. “Any new reserves that enable endangered species greater protection is always welcomed by environment groups,” said Sarah Rees, spokeswoman for MyEnvironment Inc. “For Victoria’s only native frog, this is the best action the Government could take to secure its future.” The Baw Baw frog has all but disappeared, with the population falling to a few hundred, from about 15,000 in 1994. It is on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s red list for critically endangered species. The population of the tiny nocturnal Leadbeater’s possums has been reduced by half to about 2000 since it was listed as critically endangered in 1996, despite a decade-long joint federal and state plan to save it. http://www.moving-to-melbourne.co.uk/news/?p=60 [...]

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