Judul: Studi informasi administrasi CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) di Indonesia
Abstrak: Indonesia memiliki keanekaragaman hayati yang sangat besar. Kekayaan keanekaragaman hayati yang melimpah tersebut memberikan konsekuensi yang sangat besar terhadap usaha-usaha untuk mengatur perdagangan flora dan fauna. Indonesia telah membuktikannya dalam pengelolaan sumberdaya alam hayati dengan dikeluarkannya UU No. 5 tahun 1990 tentang "Konservasi Sumberdaya Alam Hayati dan Ekosistem- nya." Selain itu Indonesia telah mengikuti pengaturan perdagangan Internasional yaitu dengan meratifikasi CITES (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna), berdasarkan Keppres No. 4 tahun 1978 tanggal 15 Desember tahun 1978. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui informasi pelaksanaan administrasi CITES di Indonesia beserta fungsi dan peranan dari informasi yang terkait, mengetahui bentuk informasi birokrasi administrasi CITES di Indonesia dan mengkaji permasalahan yang timbul dari pelaksanaan ad- ministrasi CITES di Indonesia. ...
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Judul: Visitor Perceptions of Priority Herpetofauna Animals at Batu Secret Zoo, Malang, East Java
Abstrak: Perdagangan hewan bisa menjadi masalah serius bagi kelangsungan hidup terutama hewan yang telah masuk dalam daftar spesies yang terancam punah. Salah satunya adalah herpetofauna, dimana dalam takson herpetofauna terdapat empat spesies yang masuk dalam 25 satwa prioritas berdasarkan IUCN Red List, Appendix CITES, serta status perlindungan menurut Pemerintah Indonesia. Perdagangan herpetofauna ini telah meningkat selama dekade terakhir. Herpetofauna dari segi estetika memang tidak menarik, namun herpetofauna memiliki nilai endemik dan nilai budaya yang tinggi. Fakta menunjukkan bahwa perdagangan ilegal terus berlanjut dan cenderung meningkat, sehingga salah satu upaya konservasi yang dapat dilakukan adalah pendidikan melalui demonstrasi satwa. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengidentifikasi karakteristik pengunjung Batu Secret Zoo dan mengidentifikasi persepsi pengunjung terhadap satwa prioritas dengan menggunakan observasi, wawancara dan studi literatur. Data dianalisis menggunakan skala likert dan chi-square. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa karakteristik pengunjung terbanyak berasal dari kelompok usia 18-24 dengan persentase 30%, dengan seluruh kunjungan berasal dari pengunjung domestik. Persepsi pengunjung terhadap pelestarian empat satwa prioritas yaitu buaya, komodo, penyu, dan kura-kura moncong babi adalah positif, dengan hasil analisis Likert menunjukkan nilai rata-rata tinggi dan sangat tinggi dengan persentase terbesar yaitu 95%. Karakteristik responden yang memiliki hubungan atau pengaruh satu sama lain dengan persepsi pengunjung adalah jumlah tanggungan keluarga dan pekerjaan. Kata kunci: Batu Secret Zoo, Persepsi, Satwa prioritas, Animal trade can be a serious problem for survival especially animals that have been included in the endangered species list. One of them is the herpetofauna, where there are four species in the herpetofauna taxon that are included in the 25 priority animals based on the IUCN Red List and CITES Appendix, as well as protection status according to the Government of Indonesia. However, this herpetofauna trade has increased over the last decade. Herpetofauna from an aesthetic standpoint is indeed unattractive, but herpetofauna has endemic value and high cultural value. The facts show that illegal trade continues and tends to increase, so one of the conservation efforts that can be carried out is education through animal demonstrations. This study aims to identify the characteristics of visitors at Batu Secret Zoo and identify visitors' perceptions of priority animals by using observation, interviews and literature studies. Data were analyzed using a Likert scale and chi-square. The results showed that the characteristics of most of the visitors came from the age group of 18-24 with a percentage of 30%, with all of visits are dominated by domestic visitors which shows 100%. Visitors' perceptions of the preservation of the four priority animals crocodile, komodo, turtle, and pig-nosed turtlr is positive, with the results of the Likert analysis showing high and very high average values with the largest percentage of 95%. Characteristics of respondents who have a relationship or influence each other with the perception of visitors is the number of family dependents and occupation. Keywords: Batu secret zoo, perception, priority animals
Keyword: Batu Secret Zoo, Perception, Priority animals

Judul: Effects of Particle Shapes on Temperature Distribution under Static Ohmic Heating.
Abstrak: The ohmic heating is defined as a process wherein an alternating electrical current is passed through materials resulting in the heat generation inside the product. The excellence of ohmic heating in comparison with other thermal processing is its energy efficiency and ohmic heating could keeping nutritional as well quality attribute of food via blanching, sterilization, pasteurization, extraction, fermentation, and evaporation. Nevertheless, in ohmic heating process, the electrical conductivity of product is a key parameter. The worst case in the ohmic heating of multiphase product could be occurred when the solid phase has very lower or very high electrical conductivity than the liquid. This study aims to reveal the temperature distribution and the heating rate properties of solid and liquid phase as affected by particle shape and its orientation to the electric field. Experiments were conducted with salt solution 1% and carrot that blanched in salt solution 6%. Blanching process was conducted in order to increase the electrical conductivity of carrot close to the salt solution 1%. Ohmic heating was applied to the sample using static cell (4.90 cm diameter and 6.00 cm in length of sample area) at constant voltage gradient (40 V). Each experiment was conducted in triplicate. It was observed that the different particle shape and orientation provide the different heating rate properties. The slice particle had the fastest heating rate. Moreover the perpendicular orientation was heated faster than parallel orientation. The parallel cylindrical shape provides the slowest heating rate. This shape possibly induced the worst-case condition and could be used as sufficiency heat parameter. The heating pattern of each solid and liquid were simulated using COMSOL modeling software. The predicted temperature values were in good agreement with the experimental data with the maximum prediction error of 3 °C.
Keyword: particle orientation, particle shape, electrical conductivity, ohmic heating