The Barrier Ranges Sustainable Wildlife Enterprise Trial, conducted over three years from July 2006 to June 2009, is a participatory action research study that focuses on the present and future role of landholders in the kangaroo industry. Through a range of strategies involving extensive consultation, analysis, intervention and adaptive management, the study has examined key aspects of the commercial kangaroo harvest system.
It has revealed a complex set of interactions between landholders, harvesters, regulators and processors in the case study area and beyond, and has implemented changes to components of the system and assessed the impact of those changes.