JAKARTA, INDONESIA, April 17, 2002: Indonesia’s resort island of Bali is proposing four cultural and natural sites for inclusion on the World Heritage list next year, the Jakarta Post reported Wednesday. The four selected sites are the Taman Ayun Temple and Water Park in Mengwi; the Pakerisan river area and archaeological site in Gianyar; the Jatiluwih Subak area (traditional Balinese farming and irrigation system) in Tabanan; and the Bali Barat National Park along the border between the regencies of Jembrana and Buleleng in northwest Bali. In making the proposal on Monday to a visiting team of experts from the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Bali’s Deputy Governor Alit Putra said the four sites had a great deal of cultural and natural significance, and needed to be preserved for future generations. Ron Van Oers, an UNESCO expert, said an international team in Paris would review all of the selected sites in Bali and decide whether they would be listed with the center. The Paris-based World Heritage Center has 175 member countries including Indonesia, which has six cultural and natural sites listed with the center, including the Borobudur Buddhist Temple, the Lorojonggrang Prambanan Hindu Temple and the Sangiran archaeological site, all in Central Java province.
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