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Management and Level of Asian small-clawed otter (Aonyx cinereus Illinger, 1815) as Display Animal in Indonesia Conservation Institution Ulfa Hansri Ar Rasyid; Burhanuddin Masyud; Arzyana Sunkar
Media Konservasi Vol 22 No 1 (2017): Media Konservasi Vol. 22 No. 1 April 2017
Publisher : Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism - IPB University

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Education and breeding become main reasons for asian small-clawed otter placement as display animal in zoo. Proper management is needed to maintain asian small-clawed otter welfare. This research objectives were to examine and assess asian small-clawed otter welfare in three Indonesia zoos. The study was conducted from December 2016 to February 2017 in Bandung Zoo, Ragunan Zoo and Ocean Dream Samudra Ancol. The methods of this research were literature review, interview and field observation. Data were analyzed using the suitability of management and animal welfare assessment. The result showed that there were three main management activities conducted at the three study locations, i.e., nutrition, housing, and health management. Bandung Zoo achieved the lowest score of asian small-clawed otter welfare (45,24%) compared to Ragunan Zoo (62,24%) and Ocean Dream Samudra (65,90%). Asian small-clawed otter welfare in three institutions were relatively low to fair category, this was due to the unfilled quality of food and water i.e., the type, amount, feeding frequency, diet and preparing of food; the unavailability of suitable and favorable environmental conditions; the care facilities provided could not ensure the health of animal; the appearance of abnormal behavior that affected the growth and breeding of animal; and animal had no freedom to behave as in their natural habitat. Keywords: animal display, animal welfare, Asian small-clawed otter, zoo
Identification of Determinant Socio-Economic Variables for the Success of Biodiversity Conservation Salbiah Hanum Hasibuan; Arzyana Sunkar; Yanto Santosa
Media Konservasi Vol 22 No 2 (2017): Media Konservasi Vol. 22 No. 2 Agustus 2017
Publisher : Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism - IPB University

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Biodiversity conservation in national parks has not shown an expected result. Biological natural resources degradation is still on going and its almost entirely due to human activities. Some researchers have indicated that socio-economic aspect is significantly related with the success of conservation. However, the researches have not yet shown in detail, which variabels were related with the succes conservation variables and how significant were the relations. This research was intended to identify the socio-economic variable(s) that would successfully determine biodiversity conservation in national park. The research was conducted in Gunung Halimun Salak Nasional Park, Ujung Kulon National Park, and Gunung Ciremai National Park from July to October 2015 using direct observation, literature study, and interview methods involving 150 respondents, selected based on random sampling in several resorts in the three national parks. Data were analyzed using pearson correlation tests using SPSS PSAW statistic 18. The achievement of biodiversity conservation was determined by the decrease in the number of individual species, increase in the rate of encroachment, increase of illegal natural resource utilization, increase violation of regulation, positive interaction, and biodiversity utilization. Results showed that variables leading to the succesful biodiversity conservation were: 1) determinant variable to decrease in the number of species is religion & customary system; 2) determinant variables to increase in encroachment rate is age and distance; 3) determinant variable to increase illegal natural resource utilization is land ownership; 4) determinant variable to increase violation of regulation is family dependant; 5) determinant variables to positive interaction is age and distance; 6) determinant variable to biodiversity utilization is education.Keywords: biodiversity conservation, determinant variables, national park, socio-economic variables
The Physical and Social Values of Homegarden Vegetations to Reduction of Suspended Particulate Matter-SPM- Value in Gunung Putri Village, Gunung Putri Regenct, Bogor Merzyta Septiyani; Rachmad Hermawan; Arzyana Sunkar
Media Konservasi Vol 14 No 2 (2009): Media Konservasi Vol. 14 Nomor 2, Agustus 2009
Publisher : Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism - IPB University

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This research has the objective to determine the physical and social values of homegarden vegetation that influenced the reduction of SPM value on air, and the factors related to community attitudes and functions and existence of homegarden. Research results showed that SPM on air experienced a decline with increasing vegetation shade. Height of tree and LAI were negatively correlated with SPM values, meaning in an increase of LAI values and tree height would reduce the value of SPM. Tree height significantly effect (P-valeu=0.021<α) on reducing SPM by (y=920.4-59.66x) and LAI also has significantly effect (P-value=0.092< α) in reducing SPM by (y=2762-944.8x). The majority of respondents (76.74%) had positive attitudes, meaning that they understand and directly felt the benefit of homegarden, while the rest had average value of attitudes. Attitudes directly influences by tha age, duration of living in the area and occupation. Keywords: Suspended Particulate Matter (SPM), vegetation, homegarden, attitude
Participation of Bussiness Actors in Conservation Activity at Gunung Tangkuban Perahu Nature Tourism Park: PARTISIPASI PELAKU USAHA DALAM KEGIATAN KONSERVASI DI TAMAN WISATA ALAM GUNUNG TANGKUBAN PERAHU Siti Hasanah; Arzyana Sunkar; Meti Ekayani
Media Konservasi Vol 24 No 3 (2019): Media Konservasi Vol. 24 No. 3 Desember 2019
Publisher : Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism - IPB University

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Participation of community as business actors in Gunung Tangkuban Perahu Nature Tourism Park (GTPNTP) is a key to sustainable management of conservation areas through conservation activities. Conservation activities in GTPNTP have not been maximized, so needs to support by various stakeholders. This study aims to determine the level of participation of business actors in conservation activities in GTPNTP by studying economic benefits obtained by business actors from tourism activities through their willingness to contribute for conservation activities and their willingness to pay for conservation funds. The methods used were observation, quetionnaire, interview, and literature study. Respondent amount of 58 business actors using stratified random sampling technique. The results showed that in general, business actors get economic benefits from tourism revenues with a high contribution to the share (78,59%) and very high to the covering (120,46%). Most of the participation levels of business actors included in the very low category by 88,33% and the low category by 11,67%. In general, business actors have contributed to conservation activities in GTPNTP and 60% are willing to pay for conservation funds. This study shows that the willingness of business actors to contribute for conservation activities is quite high. Keywords: business actors, conservation activities, economic benefits, Gunung Tangkuban Perahu Nature Tourist Park, participation
CARRYING CAPACITY ASSESSMENT OF CIBEUREUM WATERFALLTOURISMINGUNUNG GEDE PANGRANGO NATIONAL PARK : Estimation of Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park Carrying Capacity of Cibeureum Waterfall Anindika Putri Lakspriyanti; Meti Ekayani; Arzyana Sunkar
Media Konservasi Vol 25 No 3 (2020): Media Konservasi Vol. 25 No. 3 Desember 2020
Publisher : Department of Forest Resources Conservation and Ecotourism - IPB University

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Waterfall has long been a popular tourist attraction with increasing number of visitors. High visitation would increase the risk of environmental damage, especially if the location of the tourism object is in a protected area that is still intact and rich in resources. One strategy to reduce the impact of recreational and nature tourism activities is through carrying capacity (CC) analysis. This study aims to 1) analyze the CC visitors of Cibeureum Waterfall and 2) provide a CC-based waterfall tourism management strategy. The research was conducted in October 2018 in Cibeureum Waterfall, TNGGP of West Java. The CC was estimated using the Cifuentes (1992) approach to calculate physical (PCC), real (RCC), and effective (ECC) CCs, by considering various correction factors. Interviews were also conducted with 100 visitors of Cibeureum Waterfall. In addition, interviews were also conducted with 5 key informants from the management side. The results showed that the daily PCC value was 800, exceeding the RCC (173) and ECC (86) values, indicating overcrowding. On the contrary, on weekdays, the number of visitors is below the RCC. These results indicated potential disturbance in Cibeureum Waterfall and its environment during holidays. Carrying capacity-based management alternatives that were recommended include increasing ticket prices on holidays and implement early booking system. From the managerial aspect, it is recommended to involve the NP partners during holidays for in-kind contributions. Keywords: carrying capacity, waterfall tourism, national park
PEDOMAN SISTEM KLASIFIKASI GUA KARST : KUNCI PEMANFAATAN GUA KARST BERKELANJUTAN Arzyana Sunkar
RISALAH KEBIJAKAN PERTANIAN DAN LINGKUNGAN Rumusan Kajian Strategis Bidang Pertanian dan Lingkungan Vol 1 No 1 (2014): April
Publisher : Pusat Studi Pembangunan Pertanian dan Pedesaan (PSP3)

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Gua karst memiliki nilai ilmiah, sosial budaya, ekonomis, sejarah dan keindahan yang keberadaannya terancam oleh ketidak hati-hatian dalam pengembangan wisata gua. Gua merupakan sumberdaya alam yang tidak dapat diperbaharui yang terbentuk puluhan ribu hingga jutaan tahun lamanya. Sekali hilang, tidak mungkin kembali. Kerentanan ekosistem gua serta keindahan ekosistemnya sebagai atraksi utama wisata gua memberikan dilema dalam pengelolaannya. Mampukah wisata gua berjalan beriringan dengan konservasi gua? Jika gua harus dikonservasi untuk kepentingan ekologi dan ekonomi, pedoman sistem klasifikasi gua sangat diperlukan.
PERAN KAWASAN BERNILAI KONSERVASI TINGGI BAGI PELESTARIAN KEANEKARAGAMAN HAYATI DI PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT PROVINSI RIAU Siti Nurjannah; Ervizal Amzu; Arzyana Sunkar
RISALAH KEBIJAKAN PERTANIAN DAN LINGKUNGAN Rumusan Kajian Strategis Bidang Pertanian dan Lingkungan Vol 3 No 1 (2016): April
Publisher : Pusat Studi Pembangunan Pertanian dan Pedesaan (PSP3)

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Perkebunan kelapa sawit dianggap menurunkan keanekaragaman hayati, namun keberadaan areal bernilai konservasi tinggi dapat digunakan untuk menurunkan anggapan tersebut. Sampai saat ini belum dilakukan penelitan mengenai keefektifan areal tersebut dalam kegiatan konservasi keanekaragaman hayati, sehingga penelitian ini digunakan untuk mengetahui sejauh mana peran areal tersebut di dalam mempertahankan keberadaan tumbuhan dan satwaliar yang masih tersisa. Areal bernilai konservasi tinggi mulai diterapkan di perkebunan kelapa sawit pada tahun 2011- 2014. Hal ini disebabkan panduan mengenai identifikasi areal bernilai konservasi tinggi yang disusun tahun 2003 dan perkebunan kelapa sawit mulai berdiri sejak tahun 1990-an. Dari empat perusahaan kelapa sawit yang diteliti terdapat dua bentuk areal bernilai konservasi tinggi yaitu sempadan sungai dan sisa hutan. Dilihat dari perspektif keanekaragaman hayati, areal yang berupa sisa hutan lebih efektif. Nilai keanekaragaman tumbuhan lebih tinggi pada areal yang berbentuk hutan dibandingkan sempadan sungai, namun keanekaragaman satwaliar memiliki hampir seragam baik areal berhutan, sempadan sungai, maupun kebun sawit. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa keanekaragaman tumbuhan yang masih tersisia memiliki peran dalam mempertahankan keberadaan satwaliar. Vegetasi di sempadan sungai didominasi oleh tegakan sawit dengan panjang zona sempadan sungai 50 m dari batas tepi sungai sehingga masih diperlukan pengkayaan spesies tumbuhan seperti Bambusa sp, Swietenia macrophylla, dan Albizia saman.
Tourism development should also pay attention to social components exist in the area, beside the physical and biological condition.  Data were collected through literature review and in depth interview.  There were 131 respondents consisted of government official (village head), community’s elders, non governmental organization, tourism entrepreneur, and community members which were not involved in tourism activities.  Interaction between individuals of the community members in Gunung Sari Villa Eva Rachmawati; Harini Muntasib; Arzyana Sunkar
Forum Pasca Sarjana Vol. 34 No. 1 (2011): Forum Pascasarjana
Publisher : Forum Pasca Sarjana

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Tourism development should also pay attention to social components exist in the area, beside the physical and biological condition.  Data were collected through literature review and in depth interview.  There were 131 respondents consisted of government official (village head), community’s elders, non governmental organization, tourism entrepreneur, and community members which were not involved in tourism activities.  Interaction between individuals of the community members in Gunung Sari Village showed more variations compare to Gunung Bunder 2 Village, due to background variation of community members.  In general, both villages showed positive primary interaction between individuals and groups, since all individuals in a certain group share the same interest and objective.  While interaction between groups were emphasized more on the short term economic interest of nature-based tourism activities rather than the long term nature based tourism development.   Key words: social components, nature-based tourism, Gunung Salak Endah, community
Social Capital: a Basis for Community Participation in Fostering Environmental Education and the Heritage Tourism Development of Cibalay Megalithic Site Arzyana Sunkar; Resti Meilani; Tri Rahayuningsih; EK.S. Harini Muntasib
E-Journal of Tourism Volume 3 Number 2 (September 2016)
Publisher : Centre of Excellence in Tourism Udayana University

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Social capital is an often-unrecognized staple of community participation in a tourism site’s development, although social capital comprises elements essential for successful community-based participation. This paper discusses how the host community’s participation in the tourism development of Cibalay Megalithic Site was driven by local social capital. Cibalay Megalithic Site is one of the last reminders of ancient beliefs and is an iconic landmark, located within the Bogor Regency of West Java, Indonesia. It is also within the protected area of Gunung Halimun Salak National Park. Cibalay Megalithic Site is a product of a socio-cultural environment, deriving from the relationship between man and nature. Thus, its tourism development should interpret this history and promulgate environmental education as one of the key elements of sustainable tourism. The local Village of Tapos I was established as a tourism village; within this village, the hamlet of Sinar Wangi was declared a conservation hamlet. Both designations were achieved due to local initiatives of the host community in developing local tourism, with Cibalay Megalithic Site as the iconic tourism focus of the area. The high level of trust towards local figures and visitors, the conservation norm of “leuweung hejo, masyarakat ngejo” (if the forest is green, then the people will be prosperous) underlying everyday local life that indicates the importance of nurturing nature, good inter-personal relations between village members, and good social networking with outsiders: all combined to create the conditions and motivation that facilitated collective action in developing local heritage tourism.
Pemanfaatan dan Efektivitas Kegiatan Penangkaran Penyu di Bali bagi Konservasi Penyu Eterna Firliansyah; Mirza Dikari Kusrini; Arzyana Sunkar
Journal of Tropical Biodiversity and Biotechnology Vol 2, No 1 (2017): June
Publisher : Universitas Gadjah Mada

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Sea turtle has been widely consumed in Bali since the 1970s mostly for religious activities.  After many international critics, various stakeholders (governments, NGOs, environmentalists and Balinese people) developed the so-called “turtle conservation centre” as means to conserve sea turtles. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of those conservation efforts by evaluating the conservation activities of each conservation centres. We visited five sea turtle conservation centres in Bali; all were named as captive breeding centres or farm. The captive breeding centre is misleading as there is no activity related to captive breeding, mostly hatchery. Some of the eggs were not even originated from Bali, and the centres were sometimes used as the source for sea turtle for religious purposes. Based on the scoring, only one centre is active in terms of conservation. Turtle conservation program in Bali should increase their in situ program, i.e. mapping and protecting the nesting habitat and conducting regular monitoring of nesting turtle.