The golden-mantled tree kangaroo which is discovered in England is the most beautiful kangaroo in the world.

Hunting Moratorium for the Golden-Mantled Tree Kangaroo

Project details
Geographical location: Asia/Pacific > Pacific Ocean > Papua New Guinea

Summary

The Golden-mantled tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus goodfellowi pulcherrimus), locally known as Weiman, and Scott’s tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus scottae), locally known as Tenkile, are both critically endangered. They are only found within the highest peaks of the Torricelli Mountain Range (TMR), Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. These two tree kangaroos are in danger of extinction from human hunting.

The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) was formed as a non-governmental organization (NGO) to save the Tenkile in 2001. TCA also aims to protect the Weiman as well as establishing the TMR as a conservation area.

TCA has a hunting moratorium and programmes in place for the Tenkile and feels its work has been successful. The Tenkile is not being hunted and people are protecting it. TCA now plans to include the Weiman in its programme. This proposal is for the project “Establishing a Hunting Moratorium for the Golden-Mantled Tree Kangaroo” and for TCA staff to present papers at the Tree Kangaroo Conference, Atherton Tablelands, November 2005.

Objectives
- Establish a hunting moratorium for the Weiman for an initial period of 2 years as well as obtaining a greater understanding of the animal distribution and population size.

- Supply villages with documentation on the hunting moratorium, newsletters from TCA and information on all of TCA’s programmes.

- Write additional results from this project as a report and present it as part of a paper at the Tree Kangaroo Conference.