Kangaroo Use and A New Ecological Model
To date agricultural development in Australia has largely been based on modified European systems, using European animals. In recent decades this Eurocentric view has come under considerable academic question. A ground swell of opinion is developing that Australians should develop management systems adapted to the specific environmental conditions, not impose systems adapted to Europe. Under this philosophy use of free ranging populations of native animals adapted to the environment makes environmental sense.
To this end the University of New South Wales has implemented a major new project aimed at encouraging the development of farm enterprises based on using native plants and animals and specifically kangaroos. The project intends to monitor the environment benefits that accrue from doing so.
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