A fisherman at Lake Toba, North Sumatra, Indonesia - Shutterstock
JAKARTA (Xinhua): The Executive Board of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) at the 209th session in Paris on Tuesday (July 7) declared the Toba Caldera in Indonesia's province of North Sumatra as a global geopark, according to the Foreign Ministry here on Wednesday.
"Through this declaration, Indonesia can develop the Toba Caldera through the Global Geoparks Network and the Asia Pacific Geoparks Network, especially regarding the empowerment of the local people," Arrmanatha Nasir, the Indonesian ambassador to France concurrently Andorra, Monaco and Unesco, said after the declaration.
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