Lore Lindo Park needs more funds

Lore Lindo Park needs more funds

PALU, Central Sulawesi: Central Sulawesi is seeking additional
funds to finance projects in Lore Lindo National Park.

"We only receive Rp 900 million annually from the government
to fund our activities here," the head of the park, Banjar
Yulianto, was quoted as saying on Wednesday by Antara.

The budget is only enough to cover rehabilitation projects and
the salaries of our forest rangers, he said. He did not say how
much money the park was seeking.

The 217,991-hectare park is located in the regencies of
Donggala and Poso.

Banjar said the national park had become one of most
attractive sites for foreign researchers in the last several
years. However, he regretted that most of the researchers did not
send the park a final copy of their work.

He said that beginning this year researchers working in the
park would be required to submit copies of their completed
studies. (prb)