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Land Utilization | Agriculture | Tourism Characteristics of Land SystemCharacteristic of Land System
ecological factors, morphology, rock structure and soil, and climate. In the area of Totikara Regency there are 8 characteristics of land system. Each characteristic of the land system has uniqueness so that potential identification and land suitability can accurately be conducted. Land systems found in Tolikara Regency based on results of the Report study for all areas of Papua Province conducted in 1986 will be made a basis for making an analysis of land suitability and capacity.1. Land Utilization In the area of Tolikara Regency, land utilization is mostly dominated by forest having an area of about 12,005 Km2 or approximately 82.43% of its area, consisting of Protection Forest, Conversion Production Forest and Normal Production Forest, Nature Reserve and Lorenz National Park, while the rest is allocated to settlements, rice fields and agriculture. In addition, other lands are used for meadows. [ Top ] 2. Agriculture The area of Tolikara Regency has land having potential for development as agricultural land in the form of food crop farming including dry field rice and tubers, crops (corn, sweet potato, cassava, ground nut, and soybean) and horticultural plant species, i.e. vegetables spreading in each district. LAND USE IN TOLIKARA REGENCY (In Km2), 2004
Source: Tolikara Regency in Figures, 2004, *Data still refer to the main district [ Top ] 3. Tourism In the area of Tolikara Regency there are potential tourist objects that can be developed to improve the regional economic sector. Such potential natural resources include nature tourism whose handling, in general, is not well managed yet, because the tourist objects are not supported by adequate accessibility, insufficient promotion, limited accommodation and insufficient experience in managing tourism. Several of the quite potential tourist objects to be developed in the area of Tolikara Regency are as follows:
- Biuk Lake
The location of this tourist object is near to Karubaga City and Kuari City. In addition to being able to be used as a place for sporting and fishing, this Biuk Lake also has beautiful landscape.
- Nature Reserve and Lorenz National Park
This nature reserve, Lorenz National Park is located in mountainous plains. Given this area of nature reserve and Lorenz National Park imposed with the prohibition of taking the protected fauna and flora and low accessibility level, tourist visits to this location are still very limited.
- Mount Timorini (Black Valley)
This tourist location is in Panaga District, as the stage II expedition site in the primitive era in the area ofSuku Lani Utara in the framework of climbing Mount Trikora and the entrepot of the Bible in the Hinterland.
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