Three parks proposed as world sites

Three parks proposed as world sites

PADANG, West Sumatra: The government has proposed that three
national parks in West Sumatra be declared world's heritage sites
in Southeast Asia.

"The three are the Gunung Leuser Park (Aceh), Kerinci Seblat
Park (West Sumatra, Jambi, Bengkulu and South Sumatra), and the
Bukit Barisan Selatan Park (North Sumatra)," head ranger of the
Kerinci Seblat Parkm, Listya Kusumawardhani, said on Monday.

She said the proposal had been made by the government during
the ASEAN Regional Workshop on Cluster and Transborder World
Heritage Site Nomination in Kuching, Serawak, Malaysia, last Oct.
21-23.

A similar proposal was made during the 5th World Congress on
National Parks in Durban, South Africa, earlier on Sept. 9-10,
she added.

During the meeting in Kuching, she said, the government had
also proposed that the Betung Kerihun Nature Park in West
Kalimantan province, and the Lanjak Entimau Wildlife Sanctuary
and Batang Ai National Park in Serawak be included in the
transborder program. --Antara