Judul: Pengelolaan Hutan Rakyat dan Dinamika Kelompok Tani Hutan (Kasus pada Kelompok Tani Hutan di Desa Sidamulih, Kecamatan Pamarican, Kabupaten Ciamis)
Abstrak: At this time the community forest has been proved to give great benefit for owner, society, and environment (Darusman and Hardjanto 2006). One of the factors that determine the successness of community forest management is the establishment of institutional Forest Farmers Group (FFG) (Diniyati 2003). By the process, it is expected to have a significant and positive relationship with the community forest management. This research aimed to describe community forest management and the dynamic of FFG Girimukti, Sidamulih Village, Pamarican Sub District, Ciamis Regency for community forest management. The population of this study was the members of FFG Girimukti. The method for selecting of respondents was purposive sampling. Community forest management activities that were carried out at FFG Girimukti will be described as follows: Sub system of production included, land preparation, seed preparation, planting, plant maintenance, and harvesting. Sub system of yield processing was done by cooperation with some of the sawmills in the Sidamulih Village. Sub system of yield marketing was consisted of timber that being sold by members to the sawmill or to the middlemen and non timber forest products that being sold by members to the middlemen. The dynamic of FFG Girimukti can be viewed by 8 elements of group dynamic, it will be described as follows: The group has had purposes that tobe written and understood by members. Each member has received and understood him/her role/task. The group has done its function of assignment that was, to give satisfaction/convenience for members of community forest management. Members were participated in the determination of the common interest like the planning group activities. In the group cohesiveness, members have had a sense of loyalty to the group leader. They built a fine atmosphere inside the group, it’s proved by the group meetings always take place smoothly. The pressure came from outside of the group, such as from government of Ciamis District by BP3K Pamarican. In the group effectiveness, the level of the members participation in the group activities was high which that was characterized by a majority of respondents participated in routine activities of the group or incidental one. Based on the result of the correlation test, the dynamic of FFG Girimukti has a real and positive relationship with its community forest management.
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Judul: Pengetahuan Lokal dalam Pengelolaan Hutan (Kasus di Desa Cijagang dan Desa Sukamulya Kabupaten Cianjur Provinsi Jawa Barat)
Abstrak: Villager, living around the forest, are depending their life on natural resources. This community exploit natural resources based on their local knowledge. Local knowledge is dinamically change over time, this issue makes this subject interesting for research that potentially enrich the local knowledge of the community. This reasearch is focused on farm forest management. It would concern issues about changes in local knowledge over time and also the role of local knowedge in economic life, environment sustainability, and social interaction among the community. Local knowledge have an important role for the community in their economy, ecology, and social life. Economically, local knowledge is important to help the community in making appropriate decision in investing an economically best valued plant and deciding the right farming technology to be used. Ecologically, local knowledge is important to guide the community to sustain the environment. Socially, local knowledge is important to help the community having a healthy social life by helping each other. Therefore the existance of local knowledge among the community have an important role in fulfilling the prosperity without ignoring the sustainable environment and social relationship among the community. This reaseach was held in March to April 2008 at Cijagang and Sukamulya villages, Sub district of Cikalongkulon. It took 60 respondents, 30 of them came from Cijagang and the other 30 came from Sukamulya. The data were collected by interviewing responden, observation and study of literature. The Data processed and analyzed by method of reduction, data presentation, and taking conclusion. Local knowledge in a form of cultural theme can be elaborated in many actions and ideas. Cultural theme in a farm forest management can be realized as land preparation, seed preparation, planting, cultivation and maintenance, and harvesting. This reasearch found some changes in local knowledge at Cijagang and Sukamulya community. In a land preparation, at ancient time people used to think that ritual is a must, but nowadays ritual is not abseloutely had to be done. In a seed preparation, at ancient time seed was collected from nature and prepared using traditional tools, but nowadays seed can be found in the nursery and prepared using modern tools . In a planting, at ancient time planting season begin by the traditional forecasting (direct stars observation by the farmer), but nowadays planting season begin by the modern weather forecasting. In a maintanance, at ancient time there are some custom rule that control the dislodgement of wild animal, but nowadays the rules are often ignored. In a harvesting, at ancient time incisions were done in a certain time with a certain consideration, but nowadays it does not have to through certain consideration. Local knowledge that exist among the Cijagang and Sukamulya community have important role in economy, ecology, and social life. 6 Economically, local knowledge in a land opening (observation of the direction and velocity of the wind during the land burning) has sustain the fertility of the land and increased harvest. Ecologically, local knowledge that encourage farmer to use natural substance instead of chemical substance help the community to sustain their environment. Socially, local knowledge help
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Judul: Gambaran Leukosit Anjing yang Terinfestasi Caplak Setelah Pemberian Sediaan Fluralaner.
Abstrak: Caplak merupakan ektoparasit yang menimbulkan gangguan langsung karena menghisap darah, baik berupa kegatalan, peradangan kulit hingga anemia. Selain itu gangguan tidak langsung karena caplak sebagai vektor beberapa penyakit. Obat anticaplak berbahan aktif fluralaner sebagai entitas baru yang dapat digunakan dalam pengobatan infestasi caplak. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui efek pemberian sediaan fluralaner terhadap profil leukogram anjing. Sediaan fluralaner diberikan secara oral dengan dosis 25-56 mg/kg BB. Penelitian ini menggunakan sembilan ekor anjing yang terinfestasi caplak, berjenis kelamin jantan dengan ras beragam serta umur berkisar antara 1-9 tahun. Pengambilan sampel darah dilakukan melalui vena cephalica antebrachii, yaitu sebelum diberikan sediaan fluralaner, empat jam dan hari ke-28 setelah pemberian sediaan fluralaner. Parameter yang diamati meliputi jumlah leukosit dan jenis sel leukosit (sel limfosit, monosit, eosinofil, neutrofil dan basofil). Data dianalisis secara statistik menggunakan ANOVA dan uji Duncan. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan rataan jumlah total leukosit mengalami peningkatan pada empat jam dan hari ke- 28 setelah pemberian fluralaner. Peningkatan sel leukosit disertai adanya peningkatan beberapa jenis sel leukosit seperti sel eosinofil, neutrofil, monosit dan limfosit. Pemberian fluralaner mampu menekan infestasi jumlah caplak, akan tetapi diduga belum mampu memperbaiki gambaran leukogram akibat adanya infeksi yang disebabkan oleh patogen yang dibawa oleh caplak.
Keyword: anjing, caplak, fluralaner