News - Archive

18th May, 2010 ....

Senior TCA Project Officer Mathew Akon wins Whitley Award!........

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18th May, 2010 ....

TCA acticle appears in The Australian ........

THE smoke from cooking fires drifts above the Torricelli Mountains, a low and ancient range huddled on Papua New Guinea's north coast.
Through the rainforest roam transparent-winged moths, huge woolly rats and shimmering birds of paradise – alongside, many villagers still believe, fearful spirits guarding their forbidden places, or ples masalai. In just this one mountain range live eight mammals found nowhere else.
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24th March, 2010 ....

Victorian, Jean Thomas has received the highly acclaimed Future for Nature award.

A volunteer with Australian Volunteers International, Mrs. Thomas was selected from more than 100 nominees.

10th June, 2009 .....

On the 10th of June an adult male Tenkile was released back into the wild.
It was held in captivity for a month to monitor its defecation rate.

The results will assist TCA's distance sampling research.

5th June, 2009 .....

Tca has officially opened its training centre and satellite internet - June 5th World Environment Day.

CEO Dimity Fifer makes World Environment Day Speech to TCA.

View Utube video.

2nd June, 2009 .....

Jean Thomas is interviewed on Radio Australia discussing the new TCA training centre.

Listen to Radio Australia TCA Interview.