Huon Peninsula
| Huon Peninsula | ||
 The Huon Peninsula viewed from space (false color display) |
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| Coordinates | 6 ° 20 ′ 0 ″ S , 147 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ E | |
| Waters 1 | Huongolf ( Solomon Lake ) | |
| Waters 2 | Vitiaz Street | |
The Huon Peninsula ( English Huon Peninsula ) is a large peninsula on the east coast of the island of New Guinea . It forms the northern part of the Morobe Province in Papua New Guinea . The peninsula was named after the French explorer Jean-Michel Huon de Kermadec .
Location and nature
The Huon Peninsula is dominated by the Saruwaged Range . Lae , the capital of Morobe Province, is located on the southern side of the peninsula. There the Markham River flows into the Huongolf . The eastern headland of the Huon Peninsula is Cape Cretin.
The Huon Highlands are covered with one of the largest uncultivated forests of dacrydium and other stone-disc plants in the southern hemisphere. These are an example of the coniferous forests of the ancient continent Gondwana . The natural habitat of the region is largely intact apart from some forest losses in the south of the peninsula and in the area of the Buweng Timber Rights Purchase.
history
Near Bobongara Point, northwest of Finschhafen on an ephemeral , Jo's Creek watercourse mentioned, the oldest traces have been found of human settlement in the Southwest Pacific. The ax heads are over 100 more than 20 cm long and weigh around 1 kg and are over 40,000 years old.
From 1885 the peninsula was part of the German colony of German New Guinea . At the beginning of the First World War in August 1914, Australian troops occupied the country. It was administered by Australia as a League of Nations mandate called the Australian Mandated Territory of New Guinea . The area was the theater of the Battle of the Huon Peninsula from 1943 to 1944 during World War II . It has belonged to the Independent State of Papua New Guinea since 1975.
World Heritage Proposal: Coastal Terraces of the Huon Peninsula - Steps into the Past
The coastal terraces of the Huon Peninsula could be included in the UNESCO World Heritage List under the name: Houn Terraces - Stairway to the Past . The area is objects that both criteria of cultural and combines the natural heritage, on the suggestion list since 2006 in the category Mixed ( Tentative List ) Papua New Guinea World Heritage Site. The coastal terraces are an important testimony to the history of geoclimatic conditions over the past 300,000 years in the Pacific region and in the world.
YUS nature reserve
In 2008, KfW Development Bank financed a nature reserve with an area of 76,000 hectares on the Huon Peninsula with a total project volume (including BMU funding) of € 4,800,000 on behalf of the Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU) . KfW's project partner for the YUS nature reserve on the Huon Peninsula is the US nature conservation organization Conservation International , Washington , National Geographic and the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle . The abbreviation YUS stands for the three main rivers in the region - Yupno, Uruwa and Som.
Funds from the auctioning of CO 2 emission rights were used to fund the project, which is intended to combine nature conservation and rural development, as part of the International Climate Initiative (IKI) of the BMU . The project area is considered to be an important carbon reservoir. It is the habitat of the only native Matschie tree kangaroo .
The YUS region comprises thirteen village districts with around 10,000 residents belonging to three language groups. The people farm and hunt for their own use. As part of the project, the local communities and municipalities committed themselves to the sustainable use of forests and the protection of biodiversity. In return, they receive medical care and educational benefits.
Web links
- Houn Terraces - Stairway to the Past - UNESCO World Heritage Center , accessed October 14, 2009.
Individual evidence
- ↑ map to ibiblio.org , accessed on 14 October of 2009.
- ↑ Coastal terrace - an abrasion step carved out of a cliff by the surf, which has become visible when the land rises or the water level falls.
- ^ Houn Terraces - Stairway to the Past - UNESCO World Heritage Center
- ↑ Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety: Indigenous Forest Reserve YUS ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ KfW Development Bank: Project - Nature Reserve in Papua New Guinea
