Article 3PVX2 VicForests banned from logging greater glider habitat pending legal challenge

VicForests banned from logging greater glider habitat pending legal challenge

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Calla Wahlquist
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Court grants injunction to Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum to protect mountain ash forest until 25 February

VicForests has been banned from logging in areas of sensitive greater glider habitat in the central highlands until next year, pending the outcome of a legal challenge.

The federal court on Thursday granted an injunction to conservation group Friends of the Leadbeater's Possum to protect the mountain ash forest until 25 February, when a three-week trial on the validity of the central highlands regional forests agreement (RFA) is due to commence.

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