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"Daeron" <daeron@optushome.com.au> a �crit dans le message de news: 
2656025.ddH2QHQKIp@minds.org...
> http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,18084067%255E954,00.html
>
> 'Eden' almost stayed hidden
>  Brian Williams
> 09feb06
> RESEARCHERS who found dozens of species new to science in a remote West
> Papuan "lost world" toyed with the idea of keeping it secret so it would
> remain protected.
>
>
> They want the jungle to remain just that - free from the footprints of
> humans despite looming pressure from loggers and poachers.
> The area in the Foja Mountains has already been declared a reserve by the
> Indonesian Government, but Adelaide mammologist and expedition member Kris
> Helgen said yesterday pressure was inevitable.
>
>   An expedition in November and December last year turned up dozens of new
> species including 20 frogs, four butterflies, at least five palms, an
> echidna and a spectacular tree kangaroo similar to that found in far north
> Queensland.
> The only scientist known to have been there before was noted US
> ornithologist Jared Diamond who, in the 1970s, advised Indonesia to make 
> it
> a reserve.
> "He didn't collect anything . . . but found enough to provide us with
> tantalising clues as to what might be there," Mr Helgen said.
> Local tribes visited lowland areas but never set foot on the steep 
> mountains
> where the expedition did its work.
> "It's a series of unbroken peaks nearly 100km across," Mr Helgen said.
> "There's a sea of flat lowland, then out of this comes this majestic
> mountain range rising to about 2200m. It's cool and an otherworldly
> landscape, with moss-covered trees and strange birds flitting about.
> "It's taken so long to be explored because it's so remote, hard to get to
> and difficult to get permission to visit. We had six village headmen with
> us and they saw animals they had never seen before but only heard about in
> legends.
> "We worked with animals that did not know to be afraid because they had
> never seen humans before.
> "  We brought a botanist along and he got so excited. At almost every 
> turn,
> he was finding something he had never seen before, including the world's
> largest rhododendron and new palms."
> Conservationists say the treasure trove of species is in danger of being
> overrun by poachers.
> Indonesian Forest Watch spokesman Togu Manurung said the rarest could
> attract huge sums on the black market.
> "With the exposure, there will now be a chance for outsiders to exploit 
> that
> richness," he said.
> Indonesian Forestry Department Papua office head Ben Saroy said the region
> was already a conservation area so there was no need to worry in the short
> term.
> Mr Helgen said the area's only protection was its remoteness. It had no
> roads or tracks.
> "We decided to let the world know because it might encourage the 
> Indonesians
> to protect it," he said. "It's been a surprise to us how it has captured
> the world's imagination.
> "Indonesia is hungry for resources and there is a lot of logging in all 
> the
> provinces up there. It's just a matter of time before someone tries to 
> open
> it up."
> Scientists hopes to go back later this year in the dry season of
> August-September when trees will be flowering - conditions that are
> expected to produce even more finds.
>
>
>