New Geoparks in Indonesia
Indonesia will open four more geoparks-a unified area with a geological heritage of international significance-bringing the total number to seven.
July 16, 2013
The four new sites are Lake Toba in North Sumatra; Green Canyon in South Ciamis, West Java; Mount Rinjani in Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara; and Raja Ampat in West Papua. They will complement existing geo-parks at Mount Sewu in Pacitan, East Java; Mount Batur in Bali; and Maringin in Jambi.
"If everything runs smoothly, Rinjani is expected to open in August," Rinjani Geopark Coordinator Heryadi Rachmat said in Mataram, capital of West Nusa Tenggara, las
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