Sustainable use of wildlife has become widely accepted in recent years as a strategy to secure conservation outcomes at the same time as supporting human livelihoods (CITES 1992; IUCN 2000; CBD 2004). Use of wild resources, it is argued, can generate incentives for conservation of wild species and ecosystems, and these incentives can counteract the powerful drivers currently operating for conversion of biodiverse natural landscapes to intensive production (Webb 2002; Hutton and Leader-Williams 2003; CBD 2004). In Australia, many writers have highlighted the potential benefits of sustainable use of wild fauna and flora and called for its wider adoption (Grigg, Hale and Lunney 1995; Wilson 1995; Senate RARATR Committee 1998; Lunney and Dickman 2002; Webb 2002; Archer and Beale 2004). Much of the attention has focussed on kangaroos, with repeated calls for landholders in the Australian rangelands to manage and earn income from the kangaroos on their land, and move away from sole reliance on non-native stock species (Grigg 1989; Grigg 1995; Ampt and Baumber 2006). ...
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