Lorentz National Park
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The Lorentz National Park is located in Indonesia, in the province of Papua. With an area of 25 thousand km2 it is the largest national park in South-East Asia.
The national park contains many unmapped, unexplored and original plants, animals and native cultural heritage. In 1999 the national park was accepted as World Heritage by the UNESCO.
The area also contains mineral deposits, and large-scale mining operations are active in the surroundings of the national park. By contrast, the Lorentz National Park Conservation Project comprises a community initiative for the conservation of communal and ecological heritage surrounding the Lorentz National Park areas.
External links
- Lorentz National Park Conservation Project (http://lorentzpark.org/)de:Lorentz-Nationalpark