Mist shrouds the forested mountains of the newly declared YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday.
PA juvenile Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), which is listed as an Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), is seen in the tropical forest of the newly created YUS Conservation Area of Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday
Two Matschie's tree kangaroos (Dendrolagus matschiei), which are listed as Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), peer from a perch high in the trees of the newly created YUS Conservation Area of Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday.
An aerial view of the tropical forest carpeting the newly declared YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday.
Dancers celebrate the arrival of visitors to Yawan village neighboring the new YUS Conservation Area of Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday. Yawan is one of more than 35 villages that contributed land to Papua New Guinea's first national conservation area.
An adult Matschie's tree kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), which is listed as an Endangered species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), sits in a tall tree of the tropical forest blanketing the newly created YUS Conservation Area of Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday.
Children in traditional dress attend the 10-year celebration of the Woodland Park Zoo's Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program in Keweng village neighboring the newly declared YUS Conservation Area in Papua New Guinea in this undated handout photograph. Papua New Guinea has created its first conservation area to save an area of pristine rainforest larger than Singapore and to protect rare animals such as a bear-like tree kangaroo, conservationists said on Tuesday.
