The Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA), partnered with the University of PNG GIS/Remote Sensing Centre (UPNG), have been continuing their collaboration work with local communities and the provincial governments of the Torricelli Mountain Range on forest governance and monitoring activities. The Centre for International Development & Training (CIDT) has been providing forest governance training to all national project partners as part of the capacity building of project stakeholders.

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history

The Tenkile Conservation Alliance was established in Papua New Guinea in 2001.

vision & mission

TCA's vision is for the people of Papua New Guinea to value and protect their natural resources, communities and cultures in the context of advancing the overall well being of their communities and their places.

Its mission:

• Provide urgent and necessary services to rainforest communities in Papua New Guinea that result in the relief of poverty and improve health.
• Facilitate processes that provide opportunity for rainforest communities in Papua New Guinea to govern, manage and protect their biological and cultural richness from exploitation.
• Implement a bottom up approach to achieving all of TCA’s goals and objectives. To ensure rainforest communities are enabled with their own freedom of choice, as they advance into the 21st century, working towards self-determination of their communities.

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strategy

• ​Community development
• Ensuring sustainability
• Protecting biodiversity and culture
• Conducting research
• Mitigating climate change

TCA's ultimate goal is to improve health, provide education and so relieve poverty as well as protect biodiversity and the cultures of rainforest communities in Papua New Guinea.​

the landscape

The Torricelli Mountain Range is approximately 185,000 ha of pristine rainforest located in northwest Papua New Guinea. The area is highly biodiverse, containing around 50% of all bird species found in Papua New Guinea, and 40% of all mammals. Tenkile Conservation Alliance (TCA) works directly with 50 villages to protect the site and its wildlife. Based in Lumi, TCA is working to establish the site as a Protected Area and is close to making this dream a reality. Unlike many countries, 97% of the land in Papua New Guinea is privately owned; much of this is local community ownership. However, the site is still under pressure from logging, mining, and oil palm. By working directly with the villagers to manage the forest and land use, TCA has built lasting relationships and trust and all communities have been involved in preserving the site.
Source: BirdLife International