In this study we aimed to assess the perceived impacts of a Western conservation program, the Tree Kangaroo Conservation Program (TKCP), on communities in the Yopno, Uruwa, Som landscape in Papua New Guinea, with regard to local livelihoods, tradition and culture, hunting and wildlife populations. We interviewed 104 households from across the landscape to gain a broad understanding of perceptions of people in different geographic locations and community roles. Interviews were analysed using the framework approach for applied policy research and hunting data extracted from interviews was analysed using general linear models. Interview data showed that 91 % of respondents perceived hunting activity to have decreased, 73 % did not perceive the program to have changed local culture and 96 % perceived animal abundance, including that of Matschie’s Tree Kangaroo (Dendrolagus matschiei), to be increasing. Results of general linear models showed that households consumed significantly more livestock than wild meat, and that participants with steady cash incomes consumed significantly more livestock than others. Threats of conservation blackmail and retribution against wildlife, for lack of services were captured in the study, ho however, further dissemination and uptake of alternative income programs including coffee and cocoa farming, which are in their infancy in many areas, I may ease landowner grievances. It is crucial that the benefits of interventions that limit use of and access to natural resources are clear and the actual benefits of biodiversity conservation are dissentangled from other services that are provided, especially in areas where provision of services is weak. Impacts on local traditions and culture were perceived to be negligible, however the decline the use of local languages remains a feasible possibility, with Tok Pisin and English being the more universal languages that facilitate greater engagement and opportunities with TKCP programs.

在这项研究中，我们旨在评估西方保护计划“树袋鼠保护计划”（TKCP）对巴布亚新几内亚的Yopno，Uruwa，Som景观社区的当地生活，传统和文化的影响，狩猎和野生动植物种群。我们采访了来自各地的104户家庭，以广泛了解不同地理位置和社区角色的人们的看法。使用适用于政策研究的框架方法对访谈进行分析，并使用通用线性模型分析从访谈中提取的狩猎数据。访谈数据显示，有91％的受访者认为狩猎活动有所减少，有73％的受访者没有意识到该计划改变了当地的文化，有96％的受访者认为动物的数量丰富，松毛树），待增加。一般线性模型的结果表明，家庭消耗的牲畜比野生肉多得多，拥有稳定现金收入的参与者消耗的牲畜比其他人多得多。由于缺乏服务，保护敲诈威胁和对野生动植物的报偿受到了威胁，但是，在许多地区还处于起步阶段的咖啡和可可豆种植等其他收入项目的进一步传播和采用，我可能会减轻土地所有者的不满。至关重要的是，必须清楚限制自然资源使用和获取的干预措施的收益，并将生物多样性保护的实际收益与所提供的其他服务区分开来，尤其是在服务提供薄弱的地区。