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Conservationists Jim and Jean Thomas braved the steamy jungles of Papua New Guinea to save a tree kangaroo from extinction and ended up providing water and sanitation to ten thousand people in one of the most remote places on earth.
Into the Jungle
2018 Directed by Mark Hanlin
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Papua-Neuguinea: Baumkängurus im roten Bereich
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Australia
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18 Jan 2020
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Australia
31 Aug 2018
- Theatrical
France
18 Jan 2020
- TV Arte
Germany
18 Jan 2020
- TV Arte
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Covers the lengthy quest of an Australian couple to save the tenkile, an endangered tree kangaroo in Papua New Guinea. Cue the endless white-man-in-remote-community tropes, which can be quite wearing.
They introduced rabbits? Thought that was a bit odd, seeing as they'd run rampant in so many ecosystems. They explained that they looked into it and didn't think it'd be an issue. Then, we've heard that before.
Those minor gripes aside (and the rabbit thing actually turned out to be effective), the effect the couple had on the region and the population of the tenkile and other species previously thought extinct is inspiring.
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Watched as part of March Around the World.
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