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Article: UNESCO GIVES 3 INDONESIAN NATIONAL PARKS WORLD HERITAGE LISTING.
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- July 7, 2004
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PADANG, July 7 Asia Pulse - The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organzation (UNESCO) has officially declared three national parks in Sumatra, namely Gunung Leuser, Kerinci Seblat and Bukit Barisan Selatan, as world natural heritage sites.
The declaration was issued at a meeting of the 28th World Heritage Committee in Suzhou, China, the chief of the Forestry Ministry's directorate of natural conservation areas, Listya Kusumawardhani, told ANTARA here over the weekend.
The meeting was led by the director general of UNESCO and attended by representatives from member countries. The Indonesian delegation to the meeting was led by Director ...