South-west Victorian conservationist Jarah Marginata, 28, is leading an effort with Friends of Tower Hill to revitalise the sugar glider population in the area, about 20km from Warrnambool.
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00:00 We've begun a fundraiser to purchase more nest boxes and have them installed.
00:06 We aim to get 20 by the end of the year, so that will boost the available habitat for
00:11 them.
00:12 I'm Jarrah, I'm a conservationist here at Tower Hill.
00:15 I help work with the Friends of Tower Hill Reserve.
00:19 Gliders were introduced here back in the 1970s and 80s.
00:24 A hundred gliders were released in total, but after a lack of management through the
00:30 90s and early 2000s, the population appears to have declined from over a hundred down
00:35 to an estimated seven.
00:37 There is an increase in young people coming into the industry and it's always a good sign.
00:42 The field always needs more, but the main issue is budgeting.
00:46 There's just not a lot of funding, like Australia-wide, going into conservation efforts.
00:52 The people are there, they just can't find their place in the industry.
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