UNESCO, WWF research Lorentz Park

UNESCO, WWF research Lorentz Park

JAYAPURA, Irian Jaya: A team from the United Nations
Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the
Jakarta office of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), have
begun scientific research in the Lorentz National Park, Irian
Jaya, Antara reported.

"The research is to study the feasibility of the Lorentz
becoming a World Heritage Site, in connection with the proposal
of President B.J. Habibie relayed through the forestry minister,"
said the provincial forestry ministry officer Agus Rumansara here
Wednesday.

The park has 6,000 ha area reserve inhabited by various rare
animals and plants. American scientist Ronald Petocz, for
instance, has found six species of rare mammals there.