Logging machinery and other combustion machines are driving koalas out of their habitat at Bellingen/ Gleniffer's Tuckers Nob forests.
#biodiversity #dispersal #bellingen #gleniffer #GlenifferRoad #NSWLogging #cars #sprawl #FCNSW #TheGreatKoalaNationalPark #SaveTuckersNob
Endangered spectacled flying foxes and vulnerable grey-headed flying foxes - misinformation is rife
"Tim Pearson, a wildlife ecologist who specialises in flying fox behaviour and communication, says the “double whammy” of destroying native forests while providing alternative food sources in farms and residential areas creates the potential for human-bat conflict and harassment, identified as a threat in recovery plans for endangered spectacled flying foxes and vulnerable grey-headed flying foxes."
“The Australian attitude towards wildlife has always been positive, providing it doesn’t inconvenience you...Unfortunately for flying foxes, in their case it often does. Things have been getting better, Pearson says, but flare-ups still occur when practical concerns – about noise, the animals’ impact on fruit growers, power outages or potential disease threats – are reported in breathless terms by the media. At worst they’re vilified and face a constant battle of disinformation, hate speech and are even persecuted.”
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/jan/03/australia-flying-foxes-endangered-species-list
#bats #FlyingFoxes #persecution #wildlife #dispersal #harassment #coexistence #NSWLogging #HateSpeech #MSM #ShiftingAttitudes #biodiversity #destruction
My #introduction keywords: #academic #evolution #cooperation #ecology
I'm a #postdoc specialising in evolutionary and ecological modelling at #NUS #Singapore currently working on #theoretical #models for the evolution of cooperation, in collaboration with Hisashi Ohtsuki, at #SOKENDAI, #Japan.
Previous work: estimating undetected #extinctions, #qualitativemodelling, migratory #phenology, #foodweb #modelling, local #adaptation, #carryover effects, #dispersal.
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