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Komodo National Park featured on the reverse of the 50,000 rupiah banknote. The island of Padar and part of Rinca were established as nature reserves in 1938. [3]Komodo Island was declared a nature reserve in 1965, [4] and in January 1977 as a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
Iskandar Puteri (formerly known as Nusajaya) is a city and the administrative capital of the state of Johor, Malaysia.It is situated along the Straits of Johor at the southern end of the Malay Peninsula, it is also the southernmost city of continental Eurasia.
Bandar Nusa Bayu (Jawi: بنـــدر نوســـا بايـــو) or Nusa Bayu, is a township in Iskandar Puteri, Johor Bahru District, Johor, Malaysia.The township is bordered by Setia Eco Gardens and Jelutong Hills forest to the north, Second Link Expressway to the west, Nusajaya Southern Industry Logistic Center (SILC) to the south, and GP Prima Transport Hub to the east.
Tirta Gangga upholds the beliefs in Balinese Hinduism that the river Ganges and its waters are sacred. Its water is used as holy water (tirta) for religious activities [2] The Patirthan temple illustrates the historic significance of Tirta Gangga in the Balinese tradition as a pilgrimage and holy water site.
Bukit Indah was launched in 1997. It won the Johor State Landscape Award 2001, the National Landscape Competition 2001 and the Best of the Best National Landscape Award 2005.
Nusa Penida (Balinese: ᬦᬸᬲᬧᭂᬦᬶᬤ, romanized: nusa pĕnida) is an island located near the southeastern Indonesian island of Bali, which forms a district of the same name in Klungkung Regency. The Badung Strait separates the island and Bali. The interior of Nusa Penida is hilly with a maximum altitude of 524 metres, and the climate ...
It has an area of 349 km 2 [1] and is about 8° south of the equator.. The island rises 648 metres (2,126 feet) above sea level, and its centre is composed mainly of savannah and some strands of the forest.
The fauna museum was built as an integral part of Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, to showcase the fauna diversity that inhabit the Indonesian archipelago. The construction started on 1 October 1975 and finished on 1 July 1976, and officially inaugurated by President Suharto on 20 April 1978. [ 2 ]