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Kangaroos
Commercial harvesting of Kangaroos in
Australia
by Tony Pople and Gordon Grigg
Department of Zoology, The University of Queensland
for Environment Australia, August 1999
Chapters 10,11,12 and 13 and Appendix 1 provided by staff at Environment Australia
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Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION
Chapter 2. THEORY AND PRACTICE OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT
Chapter 3. BIOLOGY OF THE HARVESTED SPECIES
Chapter 4. POPULATION MONITORING, QUOTA SETTING & ANNUAL
HARVESTS
Chapter 5. THE KANGAROO INDUSTRY, PAST AND PRESENT
Chapter 6. EFFECTS OF HARVESTING ON KANGAROO POPULATIONS
Chapter 7. KANGAROOS AS PESTS, KANGAROOS AS A RESOURCE
Chapter 8. SUSTAINABLE USE OF WILDLIFE FOR CONSERVATION
Chapter 9. ANIMAL WELFARE ISSUES
Chapter 10. REGULATORY CONTROLS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Chapter 11. RESPONSIBILITY FOR ADMINISTERING THE WILDLIFE
PROTECTION (REGULATION OF EXPORTS AND IMPORTS) ACT, 1982
Chapter 12. NATURE CONSERVATION RESERVES
Chapter 13. CONSERVATION STATUS
REFERENCES
Appendix 1. LEGISLATION
Appendix 2. AUSTRALASIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY’S
POSITION PAPER ON THE COMMERCIAL USE OF WILDLIFE
Appendix 3. AUSTRALASIAN WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT SOCIETY’S
POSITION PAPER ON THE COMMERCIAL HARVESTING OF
MACROPODS
Table 1. Australian Macropodoidea, their conservation status, likely change
since white settlement and suggested reasons for the change
Table 2. Comparison of reproductive biology in the harvested species (after
Dawson 1995, and multiple sources)
Table 3. Comparison of correction factors developed for 200 m strip transect
counts using the same fixed-wing aircraft aerial survey method
The views expressed in the document are the views of the authors and may not
represent the views of the State and Commonwealth Governments.
This document builds upon and replaces a previous Background Document by the
Australian Nature Conservation Agency (now Environment Australia), written in
1992 and revised in 1995 Revised April 1999 (Version 99/1), Updated on internet on
August 1999. 'Commercial Harvesting of Kangaroos in Australia', has been prepared
to provide background information against which the individual State Management
Programs can be read and evaluated. It provides a generalised summary of
information about Australia's kangaroos, especially those species subject to
commercial harvesting, and outlines the land degradation and sustainable use contexts
in which State and Federal Governments approve and regulate annual harvests. The
aim in its preparation has been to provide a useful and informative review of relevant
kangaroo biology, the concepts involved in kangaroo management and the policies
and regulations under which the harvests are undertaken. More detailed scientific
information should be sought in the original literature, much of which is cited and
listed in this document.
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