And in West Papua, scientists say they’ve found what they call a “lost world” of dozens of exotic new species of birds, butterflies, frogs and plants. Henk Van Mastrigt, an Entomologist with Conservation International, said: “I have been collecting for 30 years in Papua and I never collected so many new species in so little time.” Indigenous communities living near the Foja range say they’ve never ventured inside the untouched region. The discovered species include more than 20 new species of frog, four new species of butterfly and several new species of plants. Scientists say the area is probably the largest pristine tropical forest in Asia.