Lake Matano is located in the Sorowako area (South Sulawesi) and is one of the ancient lakes that make up the Malili Lake complex (Matano, Mahalona and Towuti). It is estimated that the lake was formed around 2-4 million years ago. Lake Matano is the oldest lake, around 2-4 million years old…

The Wallacea region has a high level of biodiversity and high endemic properties. Endemic flora and fauna in the Wallacea region are different from other species in another place, caused by the formation process and geological history that are not the same as other regions in the world. The presence of these endemic species is a feature of the transition region or meeting between the types of flora and fauna from the continents of Asia and Australia, causing this region have a special attraction for the world of conservation of flora and fauna.

Freshwater shrimps of the genus Caridina are the most speciose group within the family Atyidae. This diversity can be witnessed in two ancient lake systems of the Indonesian island Sulawesi, where 21 currently described species, reflect the largest radiations of freshwater shrimps known worldwide. Both lake systems provide similar environmental conditions with locally heterogeneous habitats:

Flora Sulawesi merupakan salah satu kekayaan alam yang cukup unik dan menarik perhatian banyak ilmuwan dan penjelajah alamo Keunikan ini tak terlepas dari akibat pengaruh 2 daratan benua yang dalam sejarahnya telah ikut membentuk pulau yang dikenal sebagai areal peralihan flora fauna Laurasia dan Gondwanaland. Sekitar 5000 jenis tumbuhan diduga merupakan jenis-jenis endemik Sulawesi (Kinnaird, 1997) dan beberapa jenis diantaranya berpotensi ekonomi dalam berbagai industri kayu, obat, maupun
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Danau Matano terletak di Kabupaten Luwu Timur, Sulawesi Selatan, tepatnya di daerah Sorowako. Danau Matano merupakan danau purba yang menyusun kompleks Danau Malili (Matano, Mahalona, Towuti, Lantoa, dan Masapi).