Anggi Lakes (Gigi and Cita East)
Location:
Gigi 1 °22'S, 133°55'E; Gita East 1°23'S, 133°59'E; in the hills at the eastern end of the Yogelkop Peninsula, 60 km SSW of Manokwari, Kepala Burung, Irian Jaya.
Area:
Gigi 2,000 ha; Gita East 2,200 ha.
Altitude:
Approximately 2,000m.
Biogeographical Province:
5.1.13.
Wetland type:
11, 13, 15 & 21.
Description of site:
Two large, permanent, freshwater lakes and associated seasonally flooded grassland and peat bogs, fed by streams from the surrounding mountains. There is a marshy area at the north end of Gigi Lake. The lakes are separated by a ridge of high ground about three km wide.
Principal vegetation:
No information is available on the aquatic vegetation. Most of the surrounding forest has been cleared, but the hillsides remain rich in ferns.
Land tenure:
No information.
Conservation measures taken:
None.
Conservation measures proposed:
The UNDP has proposed that an agro-forestry project be developed in the area.
Land use:
Cultivation and cattle grazing around the lakes. There is a village on the shores of one of the lakes.
Disturbances and threats:
Disturbance from human settlements in the area. A wide path has been made through the marshy area north of Anggi Gigi.
Economic and social values:
No information.
Fauna:
No information.
Special floral values:
No information.
Research and facilities:
No research seems to have been carried out at the lakes.
Criteria for Inclusion:
0.
Source:
Ian Craven.