New 'conservation deed' aims to protect tree kangaroos, forests, people in Papua New Guinea

On June 30, 266 clan leaders across 41 villages in Papua New Guinea's Torricelli Mountains signed a legally binding conservation deed protecting rainforest and critically endangered tenkile and weimang tree kangaroos, after decades of work by the Tenkile Conservation Alliance to prevent logging pressure.

The deed renews every five years and its long-term success depends on enforcement and continued community commitment.