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Let us join forces to help the Golden- Mantled Tree Kangaroo to stay alive

  • by: Ismail A & Patricia Losch
  • recipient: Papua New Guinea Minister for Environment & Conservation Mr. John Pundari to development of protected areas, ban hunting, and local awareness program's
The Golden-Mantled Tree Kangaroo, is the rarest tree kangaroo. It is endemic to montane forests of New Guinea, it was discovered in 1990 by Pavel German in Mount Sapau,their population was in 1990 about 1250 now it is less than 250 with decline at a rate of 80%, it is classified as Critically Endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Threats  again are the  local people, who are  hunting it for its meat,  habitat loss because of conversing forest to cultivated land and the lowland areas are lost because of deforestation and oil palm expansion
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The Golden-Mantled Tree Kangaroo, is the rarest tree kangaroo.It is endemic to montane forests of New Guinea, it was discovered in 1990 by Pavel German in Mount Sapau,their population was in 1990 about 1250 now it is less than 250 with decline at a rate of 80%, it is classified as Critically Endangered in the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)

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