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1. Giving Tuesday 2022 - Ways to help

   Posted on 9:00pm Monday 28th Nov 2022

    

   It's Giving Tuesday on 29th November, and there are a number of charities taking part including (and these are by no means all there are!):

   The Snow Leopard Trust  - donations up to $100,000 will be doubled up to and including the 29th November 2022.  (This has been extended by a day, looking at their website)

   Vital Ground:  Several generous Vital Ground supporters have launched their end-of-the-year $100,000 matching challenge, so donations on 29th November 2022 will be matched dollar for dollar, helping protect crucial habitat in the Northern Rockies for grizzly bears, wolves, deer and elk, native trout and much more

   Rainforest Foundation US is raising $50,000 to expand our forest protection programs in the Brazilian Amazon, which, in recent years, has been slammed with record levels of deforestation and land degradation. 

   Wildlands Network is looking to raise $7,500 to ensure the future of North America's biodiversity.  Invest in continental-scale conservation of wildife habitat and migration corridors.  Contributions will support connected landscapes, enableing plants and wildlife to thrive. On Giving Tuesday, generous anonymous donors are matching your tax-deductible donation dollar-for-dollar, up to $7,500. Help them meet our goal!

   Sloth Conservation - they are turning 20 hectares of primary forest in the South Carribean into a sloth reserve and scientific station. A donation of just $5 will contribute one square meter to this crucial project.  You could also Sponsor a Sloth Crossing to help connect the habitat and help sloths (and other animals) cross roads safely or plant sloth-friendly trees to provide homes and food to sloths and other wildlife.  This will also restore  habitat in urbanized area

   Space for Giants - they want to raise funds to help protect Africa's landscapes from climate change.  It wants to create space by protectingi the vital landscapes that are vital for a healthy planet.  $50 will protect 25 acres (10 hectares) of indigenous wildlife habitats;  $100 will secure the future of 50 acres (20 hectares).   Donate here

   Help captive bears - International Animal Rescue need to build a new, state-of-the-art rescue centre so that they can save every single suffering bear and give them the love and care they need!   They have run out of room and need to build for bears.   Find out more and donate here - donations are doubled until the end of December.

   Tigers4ever urgently need to provide 850 warm winter jackets for the brave men and women who risk their lives every day to keep wild tigers safe.  Donate here

   Red Panda Network wants to double the area of red panda habitat they are restoring — to over 100 hectares! — and plant another 100,000 trees in red panda habitat in 2022. Their goal is to plant 200,000 trees  in Nepal and restore at least 100 hectares of degraded red panda habitat in 2023!  They also plan to purchase 25 of these hectares. Every dollar donated in November and December will be matched x2 by First Panda Challengers to protect red pandas and restore their habitat!  Find out more

   Seacology focuses exclusively on protecting island ecosystems and supporting the communities that depend on them.   Please find out more here

   Sea turtles need help to survive on the coasts of Central America.  Paso Pacífico rangers are ready to help.  Please help turtles survive and also help the communities who are best positioned to protect them.  Find out more from Paso Pacifico
   
   

   Please keep checking back for more information on Giving Tuesday!

2. Koala Leaders Unite for koalas

   Posted on 1:00pm Saturday 26th Nov 2022

     

   In Victoria, Australia, the Koala Leaders Unite rally was held on 18 November at the state Premier’s Office.  

   It was held a week before the state election there, and it took place at the then Premier Dan Andrew's office.  It was attended by almost 50 people and the Koala Clancy Foundation  and Ballarat Wildlife Rehabilitation and Conservation are co-hosted the event in the hope that voters will consider koalas when they vote, and that the public rally will make the next government sit up and take action.

   
   
   The Koala Leaders Unite rally was held just before
   the election in Victoria, Australia outside the Premier's office.
   Image © Danielle Judd

   Koala Leaders gave 6 speeches stories about koala deaths and declines in the region – all driven by state government policies of neglect and contempt.and they included:

   • Jessica Robertson, Ballarat Wildlife Rehabilitation & Conservation (Ballarat region) 
   • Melinda Darer, Friends of Alberton West Forest (South Gippsland region) 
   • Michelle Koala Thomas, Animalia Wildlife Shelter (Melbourne southeast suburbs)
   • Gayle Osborne, Wombat Forestcare (Macedon-Trentham region) 
   • Hayley Forster, WOTCH Wildlife of The Central Highlands 
   • Amy Carlton, Wombat Action Group  (Macedon-Trentham region) 
   • Janine Duffy, Koala Clancy Foundation  (wider Geelong region) 
     
     

   
   The Koala Leaders Unite rally sent a strong message
   - koala habitat needs urgent protection
   Image © Danielle Judd

   Koala Commandments for the next state Premier

   Advocates for koalas have compiled urgent demands to save Victorian koalas.  They will be delivered to the next state Premier. 

   

   

   The Koala Commandments have been signed by 16 groups including: 

   Koala Clancy Foundation
   
   Ballarat Wildlife Rehabilitation & Conservation
   
   Friends of Alberton West Forest / Mel & the Menagerie
   
   International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW)
   
   Wombat Forestcare
   
   Blessings of the Bush Koala Shelter
   
   Australian Forests & Climate Alliance (AFCA)
   
   Mornington Peninsula Koala Conservation
   
   Fair Go For Wildlife Shelter
   
   Reach Out Wildlife Australia
   
   Victorian Forest Alliance
   
   Animalia Wildlife Shelter
   
   Wombat Action Group
   
   Environment East Gippsland 

   Southern Koala SKAT Project 

    

   
   Koalas need habitat to survive and thrive -
   too many have lost their habitats
   because of bushfires, logging and development
   Images ©  Koala Clancy Foundation
   

   For like any species, koalas need habitat to survive and thrive, and nearly 50,000 koalas are about to die in Blue Gum plantations.  State owned logging operations are causing the death of the rare, genetically distinct Strzelecki koalas in the area of South Gippsland.  People are telling the Koala Clancy Foundation that koalas have disappeared.

   Coming up to the election...

   Despite the deaths of thousands of koalas in bush fires fuelled by climate change, the Dan Andrews government was pushing ahead with plans to drill for gas near the Twelve Apostles.  If this happens, unless koala lovers speak up, the Victorian koalas will soon be endangered.

   
   Koalas need us to stretch out and give our support
   Images ©  Koala Clancy Foundation
   

   The state government hasn’t even updated its Koala Management Strategy since the last one was written in 2004.  The state government says that nearly 50,000 koalas are living in the Blue Gum plantations in south west Victoria – these plantations are all due to be logged.

   Where will those koalas go?

   What will they eat?

   Doesn’t the state government even care?
   

   And if it does say it cares, why is it destroying koala habitat, when it says there are about 50,000 koalas in the area it is going to log?

   

   Please visit the websites above and see if there is anything you can do to get involved, wherever you are.  Wildlife need us and the more people who join in to help in whatever way they can, the better.

   Wildlife need habitat to survive and thrive.