Wasur Rawa Biru National Park

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Wasur Rawa Biru National Park
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Wasur Rawa Biru National Park (Indonesia)
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Coordinates: 7 ° 13 ′ 14 ″  S , 140 ° 35 ′ 19 ″  E
Location: Indonesia
Next city: Merauke
Surface: 4,138 km²
Founding: 1990
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The Wasur Rawa Biru is a national park on the island of New Guinea . It is located in the Indonesian province of Papua , formerly known as West Irian or Irian Jaya . The park is one of the youngest reserves to have been established and borders directly on the Tonda reserve , with which it forms a huge protected area. In the course of the implementation of the Ramsar Convention , it became the Ramsar area .

Approximately 426,000  hectares of swampland, mangrove forests, lakes, rivers and open savannah areas are included. Scattered on this area are about 2500 tribal members of the Marind-anim and "Kanum". Relocation attempts by the authorities failed. Logically, they were also given the right to hunt in the nature park. The trunks are also allowed to collect fruit for their own consumption.

Flora Fauna

The national park measures 4138 km² and shows in the flora and fauna just as australoid traits like Papua New Guinea . So you come across termite mounds , acacia , steppe grass and eucalyptus . Savannah landscape lines the swampy Rawa Biru (translated: blue moor lake).

This area is home to wallabies (a small genus of kangaroo that also occurs naturally in Australia), cassowaries (a species of ratite) and a wide variety of birds of paradise . There are almost 400 species of birds here, including a large number of migratory birds from Australia such as mudflats and water birds. Around 80 species of mammals can be found in the park. Most are native, but there are also large populations of introduced red deer. Crocodiles live in the swamps. Fishing for lobsters, crabs and fish on the coast is abundant.

Since poaching is often the order of the day, WWF and ICBP representatives and other organizations have been trying to develop management plans to protect the wildlife reserve since the mid-1980s .

Infrastructure

Access to the reserve is made possible by two main road systems. On the one hand, the coastal road leads from the town of Merauke to the park. In addition, a 70-kilometer-long section of the Trans-Irian Highways grazes the reserve. A network of bushland roads makes it possible to drive into the park area during the dry season.

Surroundings

60 km to the west is Merauke, the largest city in the region.

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