Sed a molestie dui. Morbi justo lorem, congue eu enim eget, maximus accumsan elit. Pellentesque sit amet blandit eros. Nullam eget rhoncus enim. Quisque sollicitudin commodo orci a consectetur. Vestibulum ut sodales ligula, vel pharetra metus. Vivamus feugiat nisi id diam faucibus suscipit. Donec blandit laoreet tellus, pellentesque hendrerit mauris viverra vitae. Aliquam vel diam at ex tincidunt viverra nec non lorem. Aenean consequat cursus dui ullamcorper sodales. Nulla erat felis, gravida a rhoncus quis, scelerisque id dolor. In pulvinar odio lacus, sit amet sollicitudin odio pharetra sed. Quisque sit amet nibh quam. Phasellus est elit, posuere nec condimentum sit amet, vestibulum quis urna.

The post Praesent aliquam urna appeared first on Hello Papua.

Proin ut convallis tortor. Praesent est nisi, faucibus ut sapien eu, efficitur hendrerit lorem. Donec diam dolor, viverra vel porttitor egestas, vulputate et nisi. Phasellus turpis libero, congue et hendrerit nec, eleifend non tortor. Proin sodales in velit non pulvinar. Suspendisse non augue sit amet dui accumsan blandit non nec nibh. Suspendisse velit lectus, ultricies non molestie vel, egestas et tortor. Maecenas aliquam consectetur neque quis vestibulum. Vivamus et ante ante. Etiam aliquet, leo ac tincidunt dapibus, tellus eros cursus arcu, suscipit porttitor neque enim eu velit. Fusce molestie eleifend feugiat. Praesent eget urna semper, egestas ligula tristique, consequat risus. Ut elit dui, dignissim sit amet placerat condimentum, venenatis vel urna. Quisque laoreet magna sed imperdiet posuere. Duis libero lorem, placerat in diam vel, vestibulum convallis enim.

The post Sed semper neque appeared first on Hello Papua.

Aliquam malesuada euismod risus sed luctus. Mauris sed porttitor urna, in finibus eros. Mauris sit amet dolor a nunc commodo dignissim nec quis mauris. Curabitur malesuada lectus sem, in facilisis odio commodo sit amet. Nulla eleifend sagittis erat, molestie dignissim odio ultricies quis. Nunc facilisis blandit euismod. Praesent rutrum eros lectus, ac mollis quam dictum a. Integer eros tellus, dapibus at mauris eget, dignissim sollicitudin orci. Aenean cursus nunc urna. Quisque ante justo, rhoncus venenatis purus vel, tristique varius mauris.

The post Test appeared first on Hello Papua.

Aliquam erat volutpat. Sed maximus consectetur bibendum. In ultricies, orci sed faucibus vulputate, nulla enim tempus magna, eu imperdiet urna augue non diam. Aenean et quam faucibus, aliquam ex sed, vulputate ligula. Fusce varius volutpat nunc id rhoncus. Proin pulvinar felis enim, vitae imperdiet libero imperdiet sit amet. Curabitur quis libero id lorem ultrices tempor. In cursus elit non lorem tempus consectetur ac vel eros. Donec consectetur consectetur sem facilisis aliquet. Quisque vel turpis purus. Aliquam massa tortor, sagittis at libero sed, vulputate consectetur nibh. Donec libero ante, commodo a enim sed, semper facilisis purus. Sed dignissim consectetur erat quis facilisis. Nullam at laoreet lectus. Praesent sodales diam malesuada, tempus quam in, pharetra lectus.

Aliquam nec risus mattis, ornare dolor et, vulputate lacus. Curabitur et egestas mi. Curabitur tristique tortor euismod, vehicula diam ut, fringilla dui. Aenean sit amet gravida orci. Quisque ut massa ut nulla sollicitudin bibendum. Donec elementum sem mauris, vitae consequat velit accumsan in. Maecenas arcu ipsum, condimentum sit amet turpis eget, lobortis convallis felis.

The post Lorem Ipsum appeared first on Hello Papua.

The establishment of Komodo National Park in 1980 was initially a great effort of the Indonesian government to protect the existence of Komodo dragons. This conservation site for Komodo dragons has also received recognition from UNESCO and was designated as World Heritage Site in 1991. Besides Komodo, the national park since then has also protected the overall biodiversity area, both in the terrestrial and marine. 

However, along with the success story of the conservation, there is also a successful story of tourism. The fascination and excitement that the Komodo dragons share have attracted a large number of tourists to visit Komodo Island. In 2018 alone, there are 176.000 of international and domestic visitors as a whole. Unfortunately, the number is too high that it has threatened the Komodo dragon. Besides causing over-tourism, the mass promotion of the Komodo dragon has also triggered a number of environmental problems, attracted the attention of illegal wildlife traffickers and caused many dragons to be stolen from their origin islands and sold to the black market. 

Following these problems, the regional and national government has taken a serious step to protect the habitat of Komodo dragons. Since January this year (2019), there have been discussions that lead to the closure of Komodo Island in order to revitalize the dragons’ homes. The plan was to shut the tourism activities down starting from January 2020 until an undetermined time. 

On the one hand, tourism could seriously bring the Komodo dragon into extinction. But, on the other hand, without tourists coming to Komodo Island, the conservation site will not survive. Tourism will always be the main support to fund the conservation of the Komodo dragon. As the backbone of NTT’s economy, in fact, it has ever reached a total revenue of IDR 32 billion in one year (data of 2018).

The challenge to run the tourism and economic sector while conserving nature has put the Indonesian government in dilemma. After other official meetings on the national scale, the government has finally cancelled the plan to close Komodo Island. Instead of banning the tourists to come, the government decided to limit the visitors by applying new regulations. To minimize the number of tourists but still maintain the amount of income, only the holders of exclusive annual member card that have access to Komodo Island. (more info will be published soon).

In spite of everything, Komodo dragons are playing a big role in the ecosystem. Komodo dragon (Vanarus komodoensis) is the apex predator in the food chain and also is a scavenger that clears the recently perished animals from the environment. Therefore, it is not only the responsibility of the national government and international organizations alone to protect Komodo dragons, local communities and tourists must also contribute to protect Komodo dragons as the wealth that belongs to this earth. 

We all have a responsibility to protect endangered species, both for their sake and for the sake of our own future generations.

The post Komodo Dragons appeared first on Hello Papua.