Irian Jaya (Western New Guinea)
Gunung Lorentz National Park, with 34 ecosystems including Southeast Asia’s only glacial, with 34 ecosystems including Southeast Asia’s only glacialslopes, 123 mammal species, 411 birds, kangaroos, bandicoots, blossom bats, New Guinea harpyeagles, six bird-of-paradise species. Also Wasur, about 1,560 square miles (4,050 km2) of lowlandforest and white sand beaches with agile wallabies, pied imperial pigeons, large flocks of Brolga cranes.
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