Land Use Data for Latitude -6.25 Longitude 145.25

Area size: .5 degrees latitude by .5 degrees longitude

Locations

Mount Elimbari

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations
Rainfed agriculture (Subsistence/Commercial)
Sparsely vegetated areas - Extensive pastoralism

Ecosystems

Cool Tropic mixed
Warm Tropics perhumid

Livestock

Pigs
Poultry

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Cambisols (Horizon differentiation in the subsoil evident from changes in structure, colour, clay content or carbonate content)
Fluvisols (Soils developed in alluvial deposits)
Leptosols (Shallow soils)

Terrain

Plain or plateau
Mountain 800-1500 m, slope > 5%
Mountain 1500-2500 m, slope > 2%
Mountain > 2500

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2
2 to 5
5 to 8
16 to 30
30 to 45
above 45

Population Density (persons per km2)

2 to 10
10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

Mineral Extraction

Site Name (Type)Minerals
Bougainville MineSilver, Gold, Copper
Mt. Victor MineGold
Ok Tedi MineCopper, Gold
Wau MineSilver, Gold
Yodda RiverGold, Osmium, Iridium

Agricultural use data provided by LADA, 2008. "Mapping Land Use Systems at global and regional scales for Land Degradation Assessment Analysis. Version 1.0" Nachtergaele F. & Petri M.
Mineral extraction data provided by USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), downloaded June 2, 2010.