Unesco calls for project moratorium on Komodo National Park

Clash of the titans: A Komodo dragon appearing to face off construction workers in a photo that went viral in 2020. — The Jakarta Post/ANN

THE ongoing infrastructure development in Komodo National Park, East Nusa Tenggara, has come under the spotlight after the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) urged the government to halt the project.

During its virtual meeting last month, Unesco’s World Heritage Committee, which has the authority to determine World Heritage status for sites, outlined its concerns over the planned development of the national park, which the committee warned could threaten the park’s outstanding universal value (OUV).