Is Australian wildlife fair game?
Useful sites
Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation, Australia
Wildflowers and native plants research program
Provides information on research activities and the status of Australia’s native plant industry.
Sustainable economic use of native Australian birds and reptiles. Can controlled trade improve the conservation of species?
RIRDC summary report.
Improving consumer perceptions of kangaroo products
RIRDC summary report.
The new crop industries handbook: Native foods
A detailed report describing a range of native foods, their production and markets in Australia.
Australian aquaculture, industry profiles for selected species (Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics)
Provides industry profiles for several farmed aquatic species including yabbies and crocodiles.
Farming (Porosus, Australia)
Explains the farming of crocodiles from breeding through to harvest.
Australia's kangaroos (Australia Now, Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade)
Covers kangaroo habitats, management and the export of kangaroo products.
Commercial harvesting of kangaroos in Australia (Australian Government Department of the Environment and Water Resources)
Discusses some of the issues surrounding the use of kangaroos as a sustainable resource.
Future of Australia's Threatened Ecosystems (FATE)
The FATE program is designed to test whether the commercial use of native plants and animals is a sustainable way to manage rangelands.
Aquatic harvesting (NSW Environment Protection Authority)
Describes the extent of over harvesting of marine and freshwater fish.
Australian native food/bush tucker articles (The Australian New Crops Newsletter)
Bush tucker plants (Aussie SchoolHouse, Australia)
A brief overview of native food use by Australian Aborigines, early settlers and modern industry. There are links to articles on intellectual property rights and traditional indigenous knowledge associated with bushfoods.
Bushfoods (Australian Bushfoods Magazine)
This online magazine provides practical information on bush foods, including 'Info sheets' that describe various native plants and how to use them.
Australian National Botanic Gardens
Aboriginal plant use in south-eastern Australia
Contains notes and a bibliography of plants used by Aboriginal peoples of south-eastern Australia that can be seen at the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Aboriginal trail
Describes some of the plants used by Aborigines.
Desert delicious: Indigenous, Australian foods for the global palate (Terrain.org, Australia)
Describes the potential of the Australian native foods industry.
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Eating roo may combat global warming (News in Science, 2 October 2008)
Proposes that Australians could help combat climate change by eating kangaroo.
Farming native plants and animals (Earthbeat, 8 March 2003)
Discusses the commercial use of native species as a way of preserving them in the long term.
Skippy size me (The Lab, 12 August 2004)
Describes the kangaroo meat industry, and environmental and economic arguments in favour of eating kangaroo.
Macadamia research – making the most of our native nut (CSIRO, Australia)
Describes the development of commercial species of macadamias.
Page updated March 2009.