July 13, 2008

World Heritage Site


Kuk Early agricultural site of Western Highlands of Papua New Guinea has been listed for World Heritage. This is first World Heritage listing in Papua New Guinea.
Soils of Kuk have evidence of garden draining system dated back to 9,000 years ago.
This makes Highlands of Papua New Guinea as earlist known farmers on earth.

Ironically, the Highands of Papua New Guinea was "Discovered" by Europeans in 1930s, and First Farmers in the World is regarded as one of the last-found-tribes in the world....
Detail of World Heritage as follows.

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