The Supreme Court has found state-owned logging group VicForests broke the law by failing to protect endangered gliders when logging in Gippsland and Central Victoria.
Volunteer environment groups King Lake Friends of the Forest and Environment East Gippsland accused VicForests of failing to adequately identify and protect greater gliders and yellow-bellied gliders during its operations.
In her judgement today, Justice Melinda Richards determined VicForests' methods for protecting gliders were "inadequate", likely to be ineffective and "not consistent with relevant scientific research".
Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-04/vicforests-failed-to-protect-gliders-greater-yellow-bellied/101616776
