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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland

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Working the night shift for protection, conservation and education for bats and their habitat on the unceded lands of Gunnai Kurnai, Ngarigo and Bidwell nations

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Nov 25

Grey-headed flying foxes are called an ‘umbrella species’, because so many plants and animals live under their work. Their job is forest building and they are a keystone species in the ecology of east coast forests.

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Sep 2

“A mere 150 round-leaf pomaderris are thought left in the world and a planned fire break in Victoria could decimate almost 30% of those last remaining plants.” #FFMV

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

There are just 150 of these creamy-flowered shrubs left in the world – and a Victorian fire break could destroy dozens

More than 40 round-leaf pomaderris discovered by environmental community group inside the area earmarked for fire break in July

www.theguardian.com

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Sep 1

#campsovereignty

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Aug 15

💧 Demand Real Rehab, Not River Theft. Toxic mines don’t deserve rivers. Plans to divert 2,800 billion litres of fresh Latrobe River water — more than 4 Sydney Harbours — to fill old coal pits are reckless, dangerous, and unjust. #GunaiKurnaiCountry👇🏽
www.geg.org.au/latrobe-coal...

Don’t Sacrifice Gippsland Lakes to Fill Coal Mines

Diverting Latrobe River water to fill toxic coal mines threatens Gippsland Lakes & ecosystems

www.geg.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Aug 14

🦇🎨🚶🏽‍♀️#NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay2025
More info and resources on the link
www.eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/threatened-s...

Threatened Species Day 2025 | Schools Collaborative Artwork Project

Learn about threatened species in East Gippsland and collaborate on artwork project

www.eastgippslandartgallery.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Aug 14

🦇🎨🚶🏽‍♀️Celebrating young artists and their role in protecting precious biodiversity #NationalThreatenedSpeciesDay2025
More info and resources on the link
www.eastgippslandartgallery.org.au/threatened-s...

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Aug 11

Here's the backstory - Kalbar is now rebranded as Gippsland Critical Minerals
www.youtube.com/watch?v=b7eJ...

MINE-FIELD. The mining invasion of Victoria's rural communities

YouTube video by Barking Media

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Aug 11

The Fingerboards mine was rejected in 2021 — now it’s back. Let’s stop it again. Take action to protect Gippsland 💚 The next few months are crucial – send an email, info on the link #GunaiKurnaiCountry #MineFreeGlenaladale #StopGCM #StopKalbar #NoFingerboardsMine www.geg.org.au/mineral-sand...

Fingerboards mineral sands mine rears its ugly head again

| Kalbar re-branded as Gippsland Critical Minerals GCM

www.geg.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 27

"We also gain a deeper appreciation for one of nature’s quiet heroes – fattening up, flying through the night and holding ecosystems together, one wingbeat at a time."

theconversation.com/bats-get-fat...

Bats get fat to survive hard times. But climate change is threatening their survival strategy

If bats’ way of living falters, entire food webs could feel the effects.

theconversation.com

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 18

Tell Amazon: Stop Selling Painted Bats 🦇

act.biologicaldiversity.org/_M_d3tlOQ0G4...

Painted bats belong alive in the wild — not dead on walls.

Tell Amazon to stop selling painted woolly bats so their populations can again flourish in the wild — where they belong.

act.biologicaldiversity.org

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 17

‘A prescribed burn that is estimated to have felled hundreds of rare trees found only in a pocket on WAs south coast has been labelled a success by the department responsible, despite acknowledging it failed to protect the under-threat trees.’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...

Burn that toppled estimated 400yo tingle tree killed 'hundreds more'

The felling of what is estimated to be hundreds of tingle trees in a burn last December has sparked fresh calls for a review of prescribed burning in WA.

www.abc.net.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 15

Providence Ponds Flora and Fauna Reserve is one of only five known locations in Victoria of the nationally threatened Pookila/New Holland Mouse, Pseudomys novaehollandiae. The recent incineration of known colony sites here by #FFMV is totally unacceptable

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Kaya Wanu. @kayawanu.bsky.social · Jun 14

Israel is enacting ' the final solution' in Gaza as all internet, electricity and water is cut off and everyone is distracted by Israel's warcrimes elsewhere and AIPACS incursion on American rule of law.
Don't stop talking about Palestine.

Description of another aid massacre in Gaza

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 14

Yes and conveniently ignored the fact that many of the significant old trees were in the interior of the burn and just collapsed in the fire

Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 14

Exactly! Here's another disaster in a Park - over 80 large and significant old trees collapsed and felled in just 20ha surveyed. Chris Hardman, #FFMV Fire Chief said "The felled trees identified in the photos you have provided had been assessed as being hazardous" www.geg.org.au/lake-tyers-p...

Lake Tyers State Park Toorloo Arm

Serious damage to environmental values by FFMV

www.geg.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 14

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 14

#FFMV Incinerating #PreciousPookila on #GunaiKurnaiCountry
www.geg.org.au/ppffr-burnt-...

Providence Ponds Flora and Fauna Reserve

Incinerating Precious Pookila: Forest Fire Management Victoria | May 2025 Gippsland Environment Group post-burn report

www.geg.org.au

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Gippsland Environment Group @geg101.bsky.social · Jun 8

Warlpiri people are mobilising for justice and systemic change in response to the horrific death in custody of Kumanjayi White
Sign Petition to NT police: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ju...

Justice for Kumanjayi White

Warlpiri people and supporters are mobilising for justice and for systemic change in response to the horrific death in custody of Kumanjayi White. These immediate demands stem from deep grievances abo...

www.megaphone.org.au

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Michael Dahlstrom @michaeldahlstrom.bsky.social · Jun 11

There are mounting calls for Victoria's government to publicly release documents that led to its decision to euthanise over 1,000 koalas by shooting them from helicopters and the ground following a fire.
au.news.yahoo.com/calls-to-rel...

Calls to release documents behind helicopter shooting of koalas in controversial plan dubbed 'medieval'

A controversial decision to shoot more than 1,000 koalas from helicopters has led to a fiery confrontation – and one big demand.

au.news.yahoo.com

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 12

On tonight 6.30pm

Victorian Forest Alliance @vicforestalliance.bsky.social · Jun 9

Reminder that the VFA's webinar on the recent koala culls in Budj Bim is on this Thursday!

Register for this free session with Dr. Stephen Phillips through the link:
➡ www.victorianforestalliance.org.au/vfa_webinar_...

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 10

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 8

In VIC there is no mandatory Code for protection of biodiversity values in planned burn operations that takes into account obligations under the EPBC Act. Contact those in charge. Ask them to put independent oversight in place and regulate impacts using up-to-date science
vnpa.org.au/action-minis...

Minister: Give wildlife habitats proper oversight - Victorian National Parks Association

Ask the minister to protect nature, put independent oversight in place and regulate impacts using up-to-date science.

vnpa.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 8

April 2024: #FFMV Burning Special Protection Zones The most recent survey recorded 9 Yellow-Bellied Gliders and 12 Greater Gliders in the Wattle Ck Rd burn. Other records included Long-nosed Bandicoots Koalas. See link for what happened #GunaiKurnaiCountry www.geg.org.au/wattle-ck-ki...

FFMV burning the Special Protection Zone

Forest Fire Management VIC burning habitat of Greater gliders, Yellow bellied gliders, Powerful owls, Sooty owls, Long-nosed bandicoots, Koalas

www.geg.org.au

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · Jun 8

🦇 For the first time in many years, all the grey headed flying foxes have left town. We’d love to know where they’ve gone to find blossom: Bairnsdale #GunaiKurnaiCountry

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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · May 30

Maybe a pregnant mumma?

Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · May 30

🦇 Gunaikurnai Country

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