Bali tourist agent gets int'l award

DENPASAR, Bali: Spain-based SKALS, which promotes ecotourism, has awarded Bali tourist agent Agung Prana for his meritorious conservation efforts in mangrove forests.

"The award was presented in Cairns, Australia, recently when SKALS held a meeting with its all representatives worldwide," Agung said on Saturday.

He added the international organization made the award for serious attention to environmental conservation and development anywhere in the world.

Agung, owner of travel agency Nagasari in Sanur, Bali, was still in a wheelchair after undergoing surgery at a hospital in the city recently.

He has become well-known for his work in conserving the mangrove forest, a habitat of numerous fish species, at Pemutaran village, Buleleng regency. --Antara