The vicuna - 'back from the brink' in South America
Tuesday, January 27, 2009 - 13:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
The success of international and local efforts to bring South America's llama-like vicuna back from the brink of extinction holds valuable lessons for Australia, according to the co-author of a new book on the project, CSIRO's Professor Iain Gordon. 'The vicuna has seen a resurgence in its numbers due to the reintroduction of indigenous methods of fleece production,' he says...