Telescope Automation and Remote Observing System ( TAROS) A mesei is an irrigated wet land for planting taro (Colocasia esculenta) and dechel is a marsh land where taro and giant taro is cultivated (Palau Society of Historians, 2001 To illustrate, an omrekongel is a marsh land in which giant taro ( Cyrtosperma merkusii) is planted. Taro fields are distinguished separately depending on cultivation methods and taro species being planted. Taro cultivation in Palau is an amalgamation of skills and knowledge for both the plant and agricultural system.Palau taro field structure, regulations of water flow and management have persisted for many generations and have proven to an integral part of Palauan life which continues to be seen today. Traditional management of taro cultivation in Palau can be considered a type of intensive agricultural method found in societies that possess a complex social structure that is reflected in traditional Palauan society. In Palau taro is commonly grown in swampy areas, often man-made, in the lowlands usually just upstream of the mangrove areas. In other parts of Micronesia, taro is planted in well drained mixed gardens or ditches (Falanruw, 1980 Englberger et al., 2009). The continuous deposition of inland erosional soils expanded the coastal plains and formed expansive fertile wetlands†(Athens, 2009).Culturally in Palau taro fields were tendered by women (Del Rosario and Esguerra, 2003). Intensive and extensive inland use continued for about another 1200 years. These findings almost certainly signify the use of the interior of Babeldaob Island by this time, including the onset of major earthwork (terrace) construction. Sediment analyses, radiocarbon dating, and archaeological investigations indicate substantial inland land disturbance starting around 2400 years ago (Liston and Tuggle, 2006 Liston, 2009).
900 to 1100, was presumably the culmination of accelerated erosion in the island's interior following extensive clearing of the vegetation on slopes. Koshiba, Shirley Besebes, Meked Soaladaob, Kiblas Ngiraingas, Madelsar Isechal, Adelle Lukes Victor, Steven Golbuu, Yimnangĭevelopment, probably mostly after about A.D. 2000 years of sustainable use of watersheds and coral reefs in Pacific Islands: A review for Palau
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