RI asks UN for world status for park<\/p>\n
PONTIANAK, West Kalimantan: Indonesia is requesting the United
\nNations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
\nto declare a national park area located near its border with
\nMalaysia a world heritage site, an official said.<\/p>\n
The forestry ministry's regional conservation director Adi
\nSusmianto said Indonesia needed support from UNESCO to preserve
\nthe Betung Kerihun National Park, where illegal logging is
\nrampant.<\/p>\n
A world heritage site must be freed from logging activities.<\/p>\n
The park is located adjacent to Malaysia's Lanjak Entimau
\nNational Park on the island of Borneo. According to Adi, Malaysia
\nhas also demanded that its own park be declared a world heritage
\nsite.<\/p>\n
Adi was visiting Kapuas Hulu regency in West Kalimantan in a
\nbid to attend the promotion event of the Betung Kerihun National
\nPark.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has three national parks, which are world heritage
\nsites -- Lorentz National Park in Papua province, Ujung Kulon
\nNational Park in Banten province and the Komodo National Park in
\nEast Nusa Tenggara province. -- JP<\/p>\n
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\nJapan to contribute on maritime safety and security
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Japan to help RI on maritime safety<\/p>\n
JAKARTA: Japan will send a coast guard delegation, consisting
\nof 12 people, here on Wednesday to help Indonesian law enforcers
\nimprove their ability to secure the country's maritime territory.<\/p>\n
The Japanese delegation will be led by the head of the Japan
\nPolice's Sea International Crime division, Tatsuro Matsuwaki.<\/p>\n
They will also take part in a joint patrol on the Java Sea on
\nThursday and discuss antipiracy, antiterrorism and law
\nenforcement against illegal drugs with their Indonesian
\ncounterparts, Information and Cultural Attache of the Japan
\nEmbassy here, Sachiko Furuya, told The Jakarta Post on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The Japanese delegation will also give a patrol ship to
\nMinister of Communications Syamsul Mu'arif in Batam on Oct. 10.
\nThe ship will operate on the Malacca Strait. --JP<\/p>\n
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\nRI hosts international teachers meet
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RI hosts international teachers meet<\/p>\n
BOGOR, West Java: At least 75 teachers from 12 countries are
\nattending the third International Teachers Conference here as a
\nforum for cultural and intellectual exchanges among them.<\/p>\n
The event's organizing committee chairwoman, Tina Wingawati,
\nsaid teachers participating in the conference were offering
\nprograms to each other and working together in a joint project
\nthat would involve their students back home.<\/p>\n
Indonesia is represented by 16 teachers, mostly from outside
\nof Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The ongoing conference, which opened on Sunday and will run
\nthrough Thursday, is organized by the Asia-Europe Foundation in
\ncooperation with Bogor-based Madania International School as part
\nof the implementation of agreements reached during the Asia-
\nEurope Meeting in Bali last July.<\/p>\n
Organizers will select three top teachers during the event,
\neach will be awarded US$2,500.<\/p>\n
President Megawati Soekarnoputri is scheduled to receive
\nparticipants of the conference at the State Palace on Wednesday.
\n-- JP<\/p>",
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