Lengguru, a Lost World
From March 14 to March 31, 2016, the University of Montpellier is hosting the exhibition “Lengguru, a Lost World” in the lobby of the Palais Universitaire des Sports. This is an opportunity for the general public to discover, through photographs, the initial findings of the largest scientific expedition ever conducted in Indonesia.
We’ve scheduled an extraordinary meeting with the IRD scientists who are coordinating the expedition. This is one of the last unexplored regions on the planet. Located in West Papua, this vast, isolated, and wild mountain range—twice the size of Corsica—is teeming with unknown species. A true treasure trove for naturalists…
An extraordinary scientific and human adventure
For the Lengguru scientific expedition in late 2014, more than seventy scientists—ichthyologists, marine biologists, hydrologists, botanists, ornithologists, entomologists, and herpetologists—braved these impenetrable primary forests to discover an exceptionally rich array of flora and fauna, on land, under the sea, and even in underground rivers. The results were remarkable, with the discovery of some fifty species that were likely previously unknown.
Visit the expedition’s website to explore Lengguru and its extraordinary biodiversity alongside the expedition’s scientific coordinators.
Languedoc-Roussillon University Sports Center, University of Montpellier – UFR STAPS 700 Avenue du Pic St Loup, 34090 MONTPELLIER