Roland Breckwoldt became a leading advisor on agriculture and the environment. He was made a Fellow of the University of New England and has been an Honorary Lecturer in the Fenner School for Environment and Society and a Visiting Fellow in Human Science at the Australian National University. He is the author of highly acclaimed books including Wildlife in the Home Paddock and A Very Elegant Animal: the dingo, and twice the winner of the Royal Zoological Society's Whitely Medal. He is a widely respected horseman.