140603 Goodfellows tree kangaroo GSMP Ford ZAA

Goodfellow’s Tree Kangaroo
GSMP
Claire Ford, Goodfellow’s GSMP Chair
ASMP Manager
Zoo & Aquarium Association, Australasia
Dendrolagus Sp.
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Doria’s Dendrolagus dorianus (VU)
Goodfellow’s D. goodfellowi (EN) [12.32.0]
Grizzled D. inustus (VU)
Matschie’s D. matschiei (EN) [30.35.3]
Wondiwoi D. mayri (CR)
D. notatus (EN)
Golden mantled D. pulcherrimus (CR)
Tenkile D. scottae (CR)
Lowlands D. spadix (LC)
Seri’s D. stellarum (VU)
Vogelkop D. ursinus (VU)
Bennett’s D. bennettianus (NT)
Lumholtz D. lumholtzi (LC) [1.1.0]
GSMP participants
AZA 3
EAZA
18
JAZA
1
SE Asia
3
ZAA
20
GSMP
46 animals across 19
institutions (excl. PNG)
Genetic snapshot
Current
Potential
Founders
13
0
Gene Diversity
86.43%
92.03%
Population MK
0.1357
Mean F (inbreeding) 0.0867
Not meeting
international standard
for managed programs
Why go global?
 Conservation & advocacy
Endangered (IUCN red list)
Flagship species for Papua New Guinea
Potential for increase in targeted in-situ linkage
Tenkile Conservation Alliance
Tree Kangaroo Conservation
Program
Species protection
Capacity Building
Habitat protection
Community
Benefits/Livelihoods
Why go global?
 Population Management Efficiency
Small regional populations
Closed population
Ability carry out inter-regional transfers
Good dataset (ISB)
Species biology suited to pair-wise mean kinship
management
Why go global?
 Cooperation and passion
History of inter-regional cooperation
Passionate regional coordinators
GSMP Masterplanning
GSMP Masterplanning
 Workshop held in conjunction with International
Tree Kangaroo Workshop = Expertise beyond
zoo expertise.
 Zoos from all participating regions represented
 One Plan Approach
 Vision, working groups
 Range state/ Port Moresby Nature Park (PNG)
GSMP flexibility
GSMPs
Plan globally, but ..........
Implement regionally
Goodfellows
Plan globally, but ..........
Implement globally
What we have learned
 A genuine benefit to
work cooperatively
What we have learned
 A genuine benefit to work cooperatively
 Ability to work together
What we have learned
 Masterplanning that involves
– Broad representation, Zoo representatives but
also others eg field conservationists,
researchers, husbandry specialists, range
state
– Target decision making
- Pre-work. A talk-fest is
good but an action-fest is
better.
What we have learned
 A genuine benefit to work cooperatively
 Ability to work together
 Broad representation with targeted
decision making.
 Passionate people
 and ANIMALS!