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E3S Web Conf.
Volume 31, 2018
The 2nd International Conference on Energy, Environmental and Information System (ICENIS 2017)
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Article Number | 08009 | |
Number of page(s) | 4 | |
Section | 08. Environmental Conservation | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/20183108009 | |
Published online | 21 February 2018 |
Conservation Management of Agriculture Land using Geospatial Approach (A Case Study in the Bone Watershed, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia)
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Geography Education Study Program, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 96128 Indonesia
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Engineering Geology Study Program, Department of Earth Science and Engineering, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, 96128 Indonesia
* Corresponding author: sri.maryati@ung.ac.id
Bone Watershed is one of the major watersheds in Gorontalo Province. Bone watershed has a very important role for the people of Gorontalo Province. The role of Bone Watershed is mainly related to the providing clean water, producing oxygen, controlling flood, providing habitat for endemic flora fauna and other environmental functions. The role of Bone Watershed for the community’s economic sector is also very important, the Bone watershed provides livelihood for surrounding communities includes fertile land resources for agriculture and plantations, forest products, and livestock feed. This research is important considering the Bone watershed has limited availability of land for agriculture and the high risk of natural disasters such as floods and landslides. Geospatial data includes topography map, landform map, soil map, integrated with field survey results and soil properties were analized to determine conservation management of agriculture land in the Bone Watershed, Gorontalo Province, Indonesia. The result of this study shows that based on soil properties and physical land characteristics, land use for agriculture should consider appropriate conservation techniques, land capability and respect to local wisdom.
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