11 World Heritage Objects in Indonesia
Until
this year there are 11 Indonesian objects out of approximately 890
objects around the world which are awarded as World Heritage by UNESCO.
These World Heritage objects may get sponsored by World Heritage Fund
under certain conditions. The World Heritage objects located in
Indonesia are listed as follows:
World Heritage of Nature : Indonesia has 4 World Heritage of Nature Objects.
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatera (Mount Leuser National
Park, Kerinci Seblat National Park, Bukit Barisan Selatan National
Park)
Tropical Rainforest Heritage of Sumatera which consists of three national parks was recognized by UNESCO in 2004.
Gunung Leuser National Park (TNGL) is one of nature conservation area
which administratively located in two provinces, namely Nanggroe Aceh
Darussalam and North Sumatera. TNGL includes native ecosystems from
coast to high mountains covered by dense forest, a typical of tropical
rain. In this TNGL area, there are rare plants such as giant umbrella
leaf (Johannesteijsmannia altifrons), raflesia (Rafflesia atjehensis and
R. micropylora) and Rhizanthes zippelnii which is the largest flower
with a diameter of 1.5 meter. In addition, there is a unique plant which
is fig or strangler plant.