"kill a camel" to cut the concept of pollution in Australia (AFP)

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia plans to allow carbon credits to kill wild camels as a means to combat climate change.

The suggestion is included in "carbon farming Initiative of Canberra", a consultation document by the Department of climate change and energy efficiency, seen Thursday.

Based in Adelaide Northwest carbon, a commercial company, proposed some 1.2 million of wild camels that roam the Outback, the legacy of herds introduced to help settlers in the 19th century the slaughter.

Considered a pest because of damage to vegetation, a camel produces, on average, equivalent to one tonne of carbon dioxide per year, making them collectively one of the major emitters of the Australia of the gas methane greenhouse.

In its plan, Northwest said it shot from a helicopter or gather and send to a slaughterhouse for human consumption or animal of company.

"We are a nation of innovators and we find innovative solutions to our challenges - it is just a classic example", Director General of the Northwest carbon Tim Moore told Australian Associated Press.

The idea was among those accepted by the Government, which seeks to "provide new economic opportunities for farmers, forest producers and landowners", be they agree on ways to reduce emissions, according to the discussion paper.

Heavily dependent on electric powered coal and mining exports, the Australia is one of the worst polluters per capita in the world and the Government looks at ways to clean up its act.

Legislation for the "agricultural carbon Initiative" is set to go before Parliament next week.

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