Photography from the construction site a group of activists “Save Komodo Now” published on social media over the weekend. In response, the authorities of the Komodo National Park in Indonesia closed one of the located there holiday resorts and forbid taking pictures.
However, controversial photography began to circulate on the web, and Internet users and animal rights advocates express concerns for the future of dragons. Until Wednesday, nearly 365 thousand. people signed the petition in which they demand withdrawal of building permits in the protected area.
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Komodo dragons, sometimes called “dragons”, are one of the largest lizards in the worldoccurring only on a few islands in Mid-East Indonesia. They can be about three meters long. To protect these huge reptiles, 1,800 square kilometers were established in 1980 Komodo National Park, composed of the islands of Komodo, Rinca and Padar and 26 smaller islets. Most dragons, around 1700, live on the first island.
In 2019, the park management announced plans to completely close the island of Komodo and displace two thousand indigenous people from there. The island visited the island a year earlier 176 thous. visitors. In the end, the park’s authorities withdrew from the radical plan and – to limit mass tourism – proposed introducing a fee of PLN 1,000 for guests dol. At the same time, however, they announced the construction of tourist infrastructure on the neighboring island Rincawhere about a thousand giant lizards live.
In September, the architects published a project of a large one there on Instagram concrete structure, and under the video they put on the soundtrack from the movie “Jurassic Park” by Steven Spielberg. The complex, whose construction is to be completed in June, is to consist of, among others with a ferry dock, an observation platform and a tourist information center.
Following the outbreak of controversy over the photos from the construction site, Indonesia’s Environment and Public Works Ministries said they were giving high priority to the protection of the island’s reptiles. A high-ranking official in the ministry of environment, using the name of Wiratno, assured on Tuesday that park rangers would make sure that the construction works did not endanger the dragons.
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