Wasur National Park
The Wasur Rawa Biru is a national park on the island of New Guinea. It is located in the Indonesian province of Papua, formerly Irian or West Irian Jaya said. The park is one of the youngest reserves have been set up and is immediately adjacent to the Tonda Reserve, together with which it forms a huge reserve. As part of the implementation of the Ramsar Convention, he became the Ramsar site.
Approximately 426,000 ha of marshland, mangrove forests, lakes, rivers and open savannah areas are covered. Scattered on this site, live about 2500 tribal Related Marind and the " Kanum ". Resettlement attempts by the authorities failed. Them the right of hunting was a logical consequence, left in a natural park. Strains may also collect fruits for their own consumption.
Flora & Fauna
The park measures 4138 km ² and has, in the animal and plant world as well australoide on trains, such as Papua New Guinea. So you come on termite mounds, acacia, prairie grass and eucalyptus. Savannah scenery lines the marshy Rawa Biru (translated: blue marsh lake ).
The native in this area in particular wallabies (a small kangaroo species that occurs naturally in Australia ), cassowary ( a Laufvogelart ), various birds of paradise. Nearly 400 bird species prevail here, including a large number of migratory birds coming from Australia, as Watt and waterfowl. About 80 species of mammals are found in the park. Most are indigenous, but there are also large populations of introduced red deer. In the swamp crocodiles live. Lobster, crab and fishing on the coast is productive.
Since poaching often is on the agenda, WWF and ICBP representatives and other organizations are striving to management plans for the protection of wildlife- reserve since the mid- 1980s.
Infrastructure
Access to the reserve is made possible by two major road systems. On the one hand, the coastal road from the town of Merauke to the park. In addition, touches a 70- kilometer section of de Trans - Irian Highway the reserve. A network of bush roads during the dry season allows the drive to the parking area.
Environment
60 km west of Merauke is the largest city in the region.