Land Use Data for Latitude -9.25 Longitude 151.25

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

Locations

Trobriand Islands rain forests ecoregion

Agricultural Land Uses

Forestry - Plantations

Ecosystems

Warm Tropics perhumid

Crops

Bananas
Coffee Green (also in forestry plantations)

Growing Period (days)

above 360

Soil Types

Luvisols

Terrain

Plain or plateau

Slopes (degrees)

0.5 to 2

Population Density (persons per km2)

10 to 50

Infant mortality (per 1000 live births)

50 to 75

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.