MORE than $16,000 will flow from Hunter-based wildlife charities to help study the recovery of a glider in fire-ravaged Victoria.
Huge swathes of the yellow-bellied and great glider habitat in Gippsland was devastated in last summer's blazes, prompting lead ecologist Dr Phoebe Burns and her colleagues to identify how the animals survived within the scarred landscape.
The research, which will receive $16,000 from organisations including Barrington's Aussie Ark and Wild Ark, is expected to help guide long-term efforts to conserve the marsupial.
"This grant has helped fill a massive gap in funding for post-fire data on many species," Dr Burns, of Native Mouse Ecological Consulting, said.
"The data we've already collected has helped contribute to state and federal bushfire elicitation and planning, making sure our projects have maximum impact."
The study is one of 10 projects receiving funding for work with measurable outcomes in the next year from the Australian Endangered Species Recovery Fund.
Their focus is largely on includes species population surveys, protecting unburnt habitat, or implementing other interventions with the guidance of experts.
The fund is a partnership between Aussie Ark, Wild Ark and the Global Wildlife Conservation formed in the wake of the bushfires.
It is part of the Koala Comeback campaign, which drew donations to help wildlife populations rise from the ashes of the habitat devastation.
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