Judul: Accountability and sustainability study of coral reef management in Lembeh Strait, Bitung
Abstrak: Lembeh Strait, under the administration of Bitung city, North Sulawesi Province has a rich variety of marine & coastal resources including coral reefs. Sustainable management of these natural richness is required since the resources play important role to populations living around Lembeh strait which are dependant on marine resources for their livelihoods. De velopment in coral reef area faces management problem leading to conflic t of use. An attempt to include accountability factor using multidimensiona l approach is needed to implement sustainable policy for coral reefs more effectively.
Keyword: anthropogenic activities, Principle Component Analysis, ecological dimension, technology dimension, North Sulawesi

Judul: Effectiveness and sustainability community based marine sanctuary management (CBMSM): cases of CBMSM of Blongko, Sebesiisland and Harapan Island
Abstrak: Indonesian marine conservation policy was already established trough national law: UU No. 27/2007 concerning coastal and marine resources management and small island and also Government Regulation : PP No. 60/2007 concerning fisheries resources conservation. The target of national marine conservation by 2020 is to establish 20 million ha of marine protected areas. This research contribute to better marine and coastal conservation management for the future. General objective of this research is to evaluate the sustainability of marine sanctuaries in three locations. Specific objectives are (1) to determine the key factor which relates to marine sanctuary management; (2) to evaluate the effectiveness and sustainability of marine sanctuary, and (3) to formulate a strategic action for the development of marine sanctuary. The research were conducted at three locations, which are Blongko, North Sulawesi Province, Sebesi Island, Lampung Province, and Harapan Island, Jakarta Province. The data were collected from June 2007 to December 2007. The method of analysis consist of (1) natural resources analysis by quantitative analysis, (2) economic valuation, (3) effectiveness and sustainability analysis by multi dimension scaling analysis and discriminant analysis. There are 32 attributes has been analyzed to evaluate the sustainability of marine sanctuaries in three location. By using the analysis of attributes leverage method, it was found the attribute with high sensitivity that relate to the quality of coral reef and coral fish (ecological and environmental dimension); contribution of income, alternative livelihood and multiplier effect of marine sanctuary (economic and social dimension); legal aspect, local regulation and internalization of the program to local development program (policy dimension); and guidelines of marine sanctuary, extention offficer programs and capacity building, and participation of non government insitution (institutional dimension).The value of sustainability. index are: Blongko (63,83), Sebesi Island (72,41) and Harapan Island (36,30). Management strategies proposed, are (1) increasing the quality of coral reef and coral fish through protection from destructive fishing; (2) develop alternative livelihood such as mariculture, fish processing, environmentaly friendly fishing activities, marine ecotourism ; (3) internalization of the marine sanctuary to local development programs; and (4) involve the non government organization in marine sanctuary programs.
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Judul: Warna bulu kucing ras Persia : variasi pola warna dan pewarisannya
Abstrak: Kucing Persia merupakan kucing ras yang paling umum dijumpai di Indonesia. Kucing Persia memiliki bulu yang panjang dengan variasi warna bulu yang sangat beragam. Perkawinan yang lebih terarah sangat perlu dilakukan untuk meningkatkan kualitas genetik warna dan pola warna bulu kucing. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mempelajari variasi warna dan pola warna bulu kucing Persia yang terdapat di Indonesia, yang dilakukan di kantor pusat Cat Fancy Indonesia mulai bulan Oktober 2000 sampai Januari 2001. Data yang digunakan merupakan data pedigree kucing Persia yang tercatat di Cat Fancy Indonesia dari tahun 1997 sampai Oktober 2001 yang terdiri dari 187 jantan dan 258 betina, selain itu juga dilakukan pengamatan langsung kepada tiga penyayang dan breeder kucing yang ada di Bandung. Secara umum tercatat 104 penyayang dan breeder kucing ras di Indonesia, 74,04% terdapat di Jawa Barat dan sisanya (25%) terdapat di daerah Jakarta. Jumlah kucing Persia yang lahir di Indonesia adalah 387 kucing (87,16%), yang terdiri dari 163 (42,12%) jantan dan 224 (57,88%) betina. Jumlah kucing Persia yang diimpor ke Indonesia adalah sebanyak 57 (12,845%) yang terdiri dari 23 (40,35%) jantan dan 34 (59,65%) betina. Jumlah kucing Persia yang terdapat di Jawa Barat (84,14%) lebih banyak dibanding jumlah kucing Persia yang ada di Jakarta (14,86%). Secara umum warna bulu cream (9,01%) dan pola warna solid (34,01%) memiliki persentase tertinggi. Warna cream merupakan warna dilusi dari warna merah (red) yang dapat dihasilkan dari berbagai macam kombinasi warna bulu yang dimiliki tetua sebelumnya, sebagai contoh dari perkawinan tetua yang memiliki warna bulu cream dengan red smoke. Perkawinan antara tetua yang memiliki warna dan pola warna bulu yang tidak murni dapat menghasilkan turunan yang memiliki warna dan pola warna bulu yang bervariasi.
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