| Page Views: 111 Last Visit to Papua Province: June, 2008 | Stone age by Glorija - last update: Jul 15, 2008 |
Now I have seen it, felt it and live it.
I finnaly understand why only few tourists visit Papua:
1. Very remote
2. Very expencive
3. Only few tourist fascilities
The population of Papua province and the neighboring West Papua province, both of which are still under a united administration, totalled 2,646,489 in 2005. Since the early 1990s Papua has had the highest population growth rate of all Indonesian provinces at over 3% annually. This is partly a result of high birth rates, but also from immigration from other regions in Indonesia. |
| Me trekking trough Baliem Valley |
|  | The largest province of Indonesia
"Papua" is the official Indonesian and internationally recognised name for the province. A central east-west mountain range dominates the geography of New Guinea, over 1600 km in total length. The western section is around 600 km long and 100 km across. The province contains the highest mountains between the Himalayas and the Andes, rising up to 4884 m high, and ensuring a steady supply of rain from the tropical atmosphere. The tree line is around 4000 m elevation and the tallest peaks contain permanent equatorial glaciers, increasingly melting due to a changing climate. Various other smaller mountain ranges occur both north and west of the central ranges. Except in high elevations, most areas possess a warm humid climate throughout the year, with some seasonal variation associated with the northeast monsoon season.
A vital tropical rainforest with the tallest tropical trees and vast biodiversity, Papua's known forest fauna includes marsupials (including possums, wallabies, tree-kangaroos, cuscuses), other mammals (including the endangered Long-beaked Echidna), many bird species (including birds of paradise, cassowaries, parrots, cockatoos), the world's longest lizards (Papua monitor) and the world's largest butterflies.
The island has an estimated 16,000 species of plant, 124 genera of which are endemic.
The extensive waterways and wetlands of Papua are also home to salt and freshwater crocodile, tree monitors, flying foxes, osprey, bats and other animals; while the equatorial glacier fields remain largely unexplored. |
| | Traditional vs. western life
Papua Governor Barnabas Suebu has announced that out of the province's Rp 5.3 trillion budget this year, 45 percent, or around Rp 2 trillion, will be used for development purposes in villages. The budget will also take into account the basic needs of residents, including food, health, education, housing, fresh water and infrastructure.
"In total, the funds to be distributed in Papua will reach more than Rp 2 trillion," he told Nethy Dharma Somba of The Jakarta Post in Jayapura. He said the notion of village-based development is in accordance with the spirit of the 2001 law on special autonomy in Papua to improve the welfare of Papuans.
"We should take into account that the special autonomy fund is for the people so it is natural if the biggest share is for development as most Papuans live in villages," he said. Out of Papua's Rp 5.3 trillion budget this year, Rp 3.2 trillion came from special autonomy funds.
I ask myself: Is this really necessary? |
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victorwkf Fri Nov 28, 2008 14:05 UTC
Very good information and photos, thanks for sharing of this very remote but interesting land :) | Fra.da. Fri Jun 27, 2008 18:03 UTC
Hi dear, enjoy!! | kokoryko Sat Jun 7, 2008 22:52 UTC
Wish a a beautiful trip to West Papua (Irian jaya), Spela. |
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