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Newspapua - A group of Papuan youths in Jayapura City who are members of the Papua Youth Student Movement of Indonesia (Gemapi) held a work to clean up the Pepera Statue, monument located at Sam Ratulangi Road, North Jayapura District, Jayapura Regency, Papua Province.

Chairman Gemapi Papua Abel A Sawaki on the sidelines of the activity said the work of bhakti in the form of cleaning and painting has become a regular agenda always done by youth in the city of Jayapura in the last two years. "So, today we are students and youths who are members of Gemapi cleaning, painting historic monument of Pepera Statue which was done since Thursday (27/4) to this day and cooperate with Mall Jayapura manager," he said.

According to him, the youth or students of today look less concerned with history, let alone know the history of good and true, so with the work of bhakti work is expected to arouse more sense of care of the history of the nation. "The monument of Pepera is a symbol of a choice from the Papuan people to want to be with this country so that the future will have a better life." Following today's youth friends are apathetic, indifferent to history, "he said. "Looks like this is trivial but do not forget that big people should not forget history, so remember youth friends if they want to be leaders or heads of regions, heads of service, and really care about society, then must know history, I think that's it , "He continued. Abel added that the same activities were also carried out by the management of Gemapi in several districts such as in Mimika, Merauke and Yapen Islands.

English Article , Indonesia , Nature , Papua , Papua Indonesia

Papuan Youth Work to Clean Pepera Statue

Dana Sunday, April 30, 2017

NewsPapua - Government Jayapura, Papua promote the protection and development of tourism destinations Mount or Mount Srobu located in the Village Abepantai, Abepura District.

"Government of Papua Jayapura along Archaeological Agency plans to make local regulations about travel destinations district in Mount Srobu historic sites," said Head of Tourism Bernad Fingkreu Jayapura, Jayapura, on Thursday (30/3).

Bernard said Srobu Mountain site as a result of man-made heritage of the Megalithic Age of 350 BCE (BCE).

According to him, based on research conducted by the Archaeological Institute together with the company, planned to secure the site at that location. "This is the oldest site in Papua and West Papua, even in the Pacific region. In accordance with the cultural field in our services, then we will push to form local regulations related to that site," he said.

Following the decision of the Minister of Tourism, cultural locations that must be maintained and developed as a tourist destination, he said. The cultural side, he said again, in the future it will seek to open up new land Srobu sites.

Bernard added, Srobu Mountain area will open the tourist port and the development of the museum with a distinctive culture trinkets Jayapura. "There are some peningalan World War II in the mountain, so it is expected to work closely with communities to preserve these places," he said anyway.

Since mid-May 2014, the Archaeological Institute of Jayapura has researched and excavate and to report and propose to the relevant parties, in order to Srobu Hill became the site of research or natural laboratory for students in Jayapura and Papua.

Lead researcher of the Institute of Archeology Hill Srobu Jayapura NJ Djami Erlin said, while doing intensive surveys in the area between Mount Srobu and Tiarnum researchers found the worship center in an area called the locals as Mount Shells.

Erlin said, archaeologists assumed in Bukit Srobu the Stone Age settlements of the two large and two centers of worship. "The findings indicate the period of the Megalithic Age, among others menhir, the stone table, stone porch steps, and the former settlements," he said anyway.

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Jayapura, Develop Sightseeing Bukit Srobu

Dana Wednesday, March 29, 2017

NewsPapua - Timika in Papua heart, making the traveler closer to nature. There is a butterfly garden and breeding of animals for educational tours.

If you go to Timika, Papua, and wanted to be closer to nature, you can visit this place. Reclamation and Biodiversity Center of PT Freeport Indonesia covering an area of 23 thousand hectares is the area of deposition of sand tailings (tailings) or tailings are discharged from Grasberg.

General Superintendent Reclamation and Biodiversity Environmental Department PT Freeport Indonesia, Roberth Sarwom said the land was formed from 1980 to 1995. The thickness of the tailings in the area reached 7 meters.

"Here we have farms and plantations. We are planting vegetables and fruits then the results we send to the laboratory. Although this is grown in areas of tailings, lab results showed uptake of metals in vegetables and fruits are still within safe limits according to the recommendations of the POM," said Roberth ,

Besides butterflies, there are also breeding parrots and turtles pig snout or labi-labi. Roberth says the animals are mostly smuggled animals that failed and secured for later treated and released into their habitat.

"For birds, many of us tangkar the parrot king, parrot White parrot that much. It's about 100 birds that we care here. Then labi-labi, already 48 thousand that we release into the habitat of 2006 and 2015," Roberth said.

Not an easy thing to let go of the labi-labi to his native habitat, one in the Lorentz National Park. Working closely with the Natural Resources Conservation Center (BKSDA) local, labi-labi will be flown by helicopter to Asmat. Then, proceed by speedboat and then labi-labi up in the Lorentz National Park and released.

Generally, this is the place to come to school groups (kindergarten through high school) or the community. Visitors are not charged but must set a schedule for the streets where a mining road. Thus, can not arbitrarily to enter the road to get to here.

If you want to relax here, it could be you know. Therefore, there are facilities such as campgrounds and sports facilities such as a football field, a volleyball court, and table tennis.