REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANGLI - After Batur Caldera in Bangli of Bali has become a member of Global Geoparks Network, Indonesia will develop six more geoparks. As a part of the efforts, government formed Geopark National Committee, Director General for the Development of Tourism Destination at the Ministry of Tourism and Creative Economy, Firmansyah Rahim, said.

"We have to cooperate to make geoparks in Indonesia become part of UNESCO's global geoparks network," he said on Sunday in the press release.

Six hopeful geoparks are Toba (in North Sumatera), Merangin (in Jambi), Sewu Mountain and Pacitan National Park (respectively in Central and Java), Lombok and Geo-area Rinjani (both in West Nusa Tenggara), and Raja Ampat (in West Papua).

Indonesia has one geopark, which is Batur Caldera, which now becomes the member of global geoparks network. UNESCO officially announced the membership on September 20, 2012.

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