Nature Conservation for Papua

Lukas’ request was granted. In 1995, he was tasked with protecting turtles as they laid their eggs on Jamursba Medi Beach in Sorong regency, Papua.

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Lukas Rumetna

Lukas Rumetna, 55, has been a coastal conservation activist in eastern Indonesia for two decades. Growing up close to nature, he began taking part in field activities only as an adult, starting with a simple and unusual fascination with mountaineering pants.