If you call Komodo islands, everyone’s goods easily show the location of the island inhabited by the giant kadal in Indonesia map. But how if called Yamdena island name, Selaru, Asubutu, Batarkusu and Larat island.
It can be ensured not many people who know the location, even the name is rarely sounding. It can be understood because the island of the island that crosses in the sea of Arafuru, Maluku is one of the largest island clusters of Indonesia.
The island of the island is the area of West-east Maluku Regency in Saumlaki, the city located in Yamdena Island, which is also not many people know and hear the name.
It is not easy to reach the outer island, if you want to imagine how far the island of Selaru from Jakarta for example, it is prepared to experience a long trip and tiring. It takes 5.5 hours of air travel from Jakarta to Saumlaki city, with Jakarta route. Pandang Ujung, Pandang End. Ambon, Ambon . Saumlaki, followed by 3.5 hours of sea trip to Selaru island.
The majority of the population are simple fishermen, which only takes the result of sea fish for their own consumption and most of them are sold, most of the other populations are farmers with livelihoods. It is simple to do, but the local government has its own ambition to promote West Southeast Maluku.
Local district government intends to develop agropolitan-based economy. Through an agropolitan area development approach, they expect agricultural products from the production area to be processed first in the center of the agropolitan region before selling (export) to a wider market so that the added value remains in the agropolitan area.
Jala has been ditebared, seeds have been ly distributed also in rice fields and fields. The community began to knit asa for his future progress.
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