NT crocodile harvesting a 'world-leading' model for helping poor communities via conservation
Two fatal crocodile attacks between 1979 and 1980 had many Territorians ready to wipe out their most famous deadly predator.
The species had been threatened with extinction for years, but as numbers started to recover the attacks had people questioning whether the efforts were really worth it.
Yet almost four decades later numbers are thriving, even sustaining a $100-million-a-year crocodile farming industry.
Crocodile expert Grahame Webb attributes the turnaround to a strategy that put a dollar value on the animals' existence and brought sustainable benefits to Indigenous communities and landowners.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01...northern-territory-conservation-poor/10729500
Two fatal crocodile attacks between 1979 and 1980 had many Territorians ready to wipe out their most famous deadly predator.
The species had been threatened with extinction for years, but as numbers started to recover the attacks had people questioning whether the efforts were really worth it.
Yet almost four decades later numbers are thriving, even sustaining a $100-million-a-year crocodile farming industry.
Crocodile expert Grahame Webb attributes the turnaround to a strategy that put a dollar value on the animals' existence and brought sustainable benefits to Indigenous communities and landowners.
Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01...northern-territory-conservation-poor/10729500
