We’re committed to re-wilding the natural habitats of tree kangaroos in Papua New Guinea, working with the Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) since 2006 to protect native environments and build sustainable villages.

By preserving existing forests, we can ensure these adorable marsupials have a safe place to call home. This canopy comeback has been a swinging success, with sightings of two species of tree kangaroos, the Tenkile and Weimang, becoming more frequent!

Through our partnership with TCA, we have funded projects including:

• The roll-out of household solar units and street lights for villages within the Tenkile Mountain Range that participate in tree kangaroo protection, reducing the need to harvest habitat timber for fire.
• The Rokrok Meri project empowering female rangers to apply their traditional knowledge to photograph, monitor and record the sounds of frogs in PNG.

Perth Zoo takes a holistic approach to conservation and recognises the importance of capacity building and community education. The more we can help the overall community and ecosystems thrive, the healthier the tree kangaroo population will be!

The most recent project we support sees thermal drone monitoring as a new technique that will aid in assessing the population of tree kangaroos in combination of sound meters to record bird, insect and other mammal species.
If we can uncover the secrets of the Torricelli Mountain Range, we may be able to keep PNG habitats strong.

Learn more about Goodfellow's Tree Kangaroo.
 

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