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Freeport’s Grasberg mine. Credit: Panos Pictures/Rob Huibers.

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Danau Sentani, Jayapura, Papua - Indonesia.

Lorentz National Park is located in the province of Papua. With an area of 25,056 km² (9,674 mi²), it is the largest national park in South-East Asia. In 1999 Lorentz was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. An outstanding example of the biodiversity of New Guinea, Lorentz is one of the most ecologically diverse national parks in the world.

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This photo was taken in the waters of the eastern Indonesian Papua precisely

by super.MIndPower reblog from kaskus

Raja Ampat, Papua, Indonesia

Edward Norton was there and so did Meryl Streep

I wish I could go there too!

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“Mandarin fish” Pterosynchiropus splendidus @ West Papua, Indonesia. D -4m. via orangkucing

One of the places I’d love to visit, Raja Ampat Islands located in Papua, Indonesia.

More information: http://www.diverajaampat.org/  reblogged from autologicc

Raja Ampat Island, or “Four Kings”, located in West Papua Province, Indonesia.

Raja Ampat is an archipelago comprising over 1,500 small islands, cays and shoals surrounding the four main islands of Misool, Salawati, Batanta and Waigeo, and the smaller island of Kofiau

Located in Coral Triangle (composed of Indonesia, Philippines, and Papua New Guinea), makes the seas around Raja Ampat have possibly to hold so much variety of coral species. It’s quite possibly the richest coral reef ecosystems in the world.

Over 1,070 fish species, 537 coral species (a remarkable 96% of all scleractinia recorded from Indonesia are likely to occur in these islands), and 699 mollusk species, the variety of marine life is staggering.

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Entry Points to Visit Indonesia , Do’s and Don’ts, General Information to Visit Indonesia, Foreign Representatives

1. Raja Ampat, West Papua

2. Bira Beach, South Sulawesi

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