Call to safeguard dugongs
Greg Roberts; 26/4/08
Aboriginal leaders are calling for controls on indigenous hunting in response to mounting scientific evidence that the targeting of dugongs and turtles is not sustainable. A new study suggests that dugongs in the Torres Strait and northern Great Barrier Reef are under threat because of hunting. Previous reports indicated that populations of green turtles in the same region had also been been sharply reduced. The debate over indigenous hunting has been ignited by a move by Japan to accuse Canberra of hypocrisy for leading the charge against its whaling while condoning the harvesting of dugongs.
See: http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23600318-5013404,00.html
Hunting towards oblivion; Greg Roberts; 26/4/08; http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23597963-5013172,00.html
Tags: Aboriginal, Australia, Environment