Keeping Paradise Safe For The Birds
Youths from the Barawai village in the Yapen Islands, Papua, have joined hands to conserve the bird-of-paradise. Their efforts have won them the Kalpataru Award.
October 3, 2017
Kalvin Mandenasi sees the forests around Barawai- his birthplace- as a second home. Barawai, Yapen Regency, is a tourist destination 2.5-hour away from the major harbor. Every month, Kalvin and four of his friends in the Dorei Jaya Nature Lovers community patrol the forest for a week.
These treks into the forest are no picnic, nor are they to enjoy the green and tranquil scenery. Patrolling is carried out to observe and monitor the bird-of-parad
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