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PAPUA SPENDS RP40 MILLION TO PRESERVE RARE SPECIES
Jayapura, Nov 21 (ANTARA) - Papua province's Environmental Impact Management Agency (Bapedalda) has spent Rp40 million of its 2008 budget on efforts to preserve the Cenderawasih bird (Bird of Paradise) and the star turtle, and to plant mangrove trees on Yapen island, an agency spokesman said.
The funds were handed to residents of Randawaya and Barawai hamlets in East Yapen district a week ago with each hamlet receiving Rp20 million, Melkianus Wamea, a Bapedalda field officer, said Friday.
He said Cenderawasih birds in Randawaya and Barawai were the most beautiful in Papua but their population was shrinking and therefore a special effort was needed to preserve them.
At Randawaya hamlet there were 370 Cendrawasih birds living in a habitat 300 hectares wide, while at Barawai hamlet 42 of the rare birds were living on an area of 100 hectares, he said.
Yapen island is located off the northwestern coast of mainland Papua.
The funds were handed to residents of Randawaya and Barawai hamlets in East Yapen district a week ago with each hamlet receiving Rp20 million, Melkianus Wamea, a Bapedalda field officer, said Friday.
He said Cenderawasih birds in Randawaya and Barawai were the most beautiful in Papua but their population was shrinking and therefore a special effort was needed to preserve them.
At Randawaya hamlet there were 370 Cendrawasih birds living in a habitat 300 hectares wide, while at Barawai hamlet 42 of the rare birds were living on an area of 100 hectares, he said.
Yapen island is located off the northwestern coast of mainland Papua.
