Leadbeater's Possum Detection and Code Breach Report – 463-504-0014 'Togo'
Forest in and adjacent to VicForests scheduled logging coupe 463-504-0014 was investigated to assess presence/absence of the critically endangered Leadbeater's Possum. WOTCH surveyors detected a Leadbeater's Possum. The investigation shows that VicForests has scheduled logging operations in areas of forest currently inhabited by Leadbeater's Possum, failed to identify these biodiversity values and has already logged approximately 0.8 ha of the buffer that should be implemented following this report – a breach of the Code of Practice for Timber Production 2014.