Way Kambas Named ASEAN Heritage Park
Lampung's Way Kambas National Park (WKNP) has been named the 36th ASEAN Heritage Park (AHP), joining Gunung Leuser National Park in Aceh, Kerinci Sablat National Park in southern Sumatra and Lorentz National Park in Papua as the only Indonesian sites on the list.
August 2, 2016
HOME to 1,300 hectares of lowland coastal forests, grasslands and freshwater swamps, the new designation puts Way Kambas in elite company"The best of the best (of the) protected areas in the ASEAN region," according to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Biodiversity Center (ACB) in a press release.
"Through the ASEAN Declaration on Heritage Parks and Reserves, ASEAN Member States agree to effectively manage these AHPs so as to maintai
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