Right: Skippy, the bush kangaroo, always saved the day in the old TV series; can he help to save the planet?.
web links and documents
The full index of the Garnaut Climate Change Review final report can be found at http://www.garnautreview.org.au/index.htmChapter 22, 'Transforming Rural land Use' can be found at http://www.garnautreview.org.au/pdf/Garnaut_Chapter22.pdf
An ABC report on Professor Garnaut's kangaroo farming proposal, dated September 9, 208, can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/rural/news/content/200809/s2378181.htm
On October 2, 2008, the ABC aired a report dealing with support within the kangaroo industry for Professor Garnaut's proposals. The report can be found at http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/10/02/2379745.htm
Wikipedia's entry on Kangaroo meat can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroo_meat
The entry looks at production, products and history.
In March 1998 the CSIRO released a report on the viability of kangaroo harvesting. A media release summarising this report can be found at http://www.csiro.au/files/mediaRelease/mr1998/KangaroosFactfiction.htm
On February 16, 2006, Online Opinion published an opinion piece written by Ian Mott is a third generation native forest owner, miller and regenerator from the Byron hinterland. The piece challenges the viability farming kangaroos. It is titled, 'The ruse of farming roos'. It can be found at http://www.onlineopinion.com.au/view.asp?article=4159
A series of comments in repsonse to Ian Mott's "The ruse of farming roos' was also published in the Online Opinion Forum. The comments can be found at http://forum.onlineopinion.com.au/thread.asp?article=4159
On August 7, 2008, The Sydney Morning Herald published a report on the work of FATE (the University of NSW's Future of Australian Threatened Ecosystems project). The project is exploring the commercial exploitation of Kangaroos. The article is titled, 'Roo on the Menu or Rue the Day'.
The full text can be read at http://realdirt.com.au/2008/08/07/roo-on-the-menue-or-rue-the-day-smhreal-dirt-exclusive/