Judul: Economic Value Analysis of Weh Island Marine Tourism Park in Sabang City
Abstrak: The aim of the research is to analyze the economic value of Weh Island Marine Tourism Park (TWA Laut Pulau Weh) in Sabang City and to formulate and assign the policy of its management. The development of TWA Laut Pulau Weh faces some aspects such as economic, social, ecology, politic, geografic, and technical. To analyze this area, the method of area survey is used; it refers to standard criteria of assessing the object and the interest of natural tourism. To analysis economic value, techniques of travel cost is used. This research uses two approach of travel cost techniques (individual and zonation) including strategic plan of tourism development through multicriteria decision making analysis. There are three policy alternative to manage TWA Laut Pulau Weh which is status quo, marine protected area, and market development. The result of this research shows that the economic value of TWA Laut Pulau Weh with individual approach is more accurate than zonation approach. At present, the best policy alternative is assignment TWA Laut Pulau Weh as marine protected area on bases the economic benefit and utilization of the area for protection that involves active participation of the community and that serves educational products and learning activities, and also minimizes the negative impact of the activities in this area.
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Judul: Optimizing Spasial Use for Marine Ecotourism Using Marxan and Willingness To Pay Aplication: case study in Betoambari SubDistrict Baubau City
Abstrak: Baubau is a growing city in Southeast Sulawesi Province, which has potential to be developed as a marine tourism destination. However, the development should be done in a sustainable way to reduce the risk of ecological destruction in the future. The objectives of this research were to identify the suitability of coastal resources for marine ecotourism especially diving and to analyze optimum space of marine ecotourism based on minimal cost and economic value. The research was conducted in the Betoambari Sub District. The data were collected through sampling, direct observation of field conditions, distributing questionnaires, and in-depth interviews at the sites; tracking various related sources for secondary data. The result showed that the ecology-based ecotourism category diving was included in most appropriate category (S1) with area 12.49 ha and appropriate (S2) 67.28 ha; optimum space based on minimal cost and economic value was scenario 1 (70% target protection of coral reef), with net benefit Rp 12.653.950.000/years and area 58.82 ha.
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Judul: Leukemia pada kucing
Abstrak: Leukemia pada kucing adalah suatu penyakit yang sangat patogen, disebabkan oleh sejenis virus. Virus ini dikenal sebagai Feline Leukemia Virus atau FeLV. FeLV ini oleh beberapa ahli dikatakan hanya bersifat ganas pada hewan kucing. Penularannya bisa secara horizontal maupun congenital. Kucing pada semua tingkat umur dapat terserang oleh FeLV ini. Khusus pada bentuk "thymic leukemia", virus ini hanya menyerang anak-anak kucing berumur diba- wah 1 tahun. Kucing-kucing liar atau yang tidak terpeli- hara jarang sekali terinfeksi FeLV. Selain dari serangan virus FeLV itu sendiri, maka penyakit leukemia ini bisa disebabkan oleh beberapa fak- tor yang sudah ada dalam tubuh hewan dan sangat menunjang perkembangan penyakit ini, yaitu antara lain tumor, agen toksik, cedera oleh kecelakaan dan gangguan hemopoiesis. FeLV menyerang sel-sel darah dalam tubuh hewan se- hingga pembentukan darah berjalan tidak normal. Terlihat sel-sel darah yang belum dewasa sudah beredar dalam sir- kulasi darah. Bentuk dan jumlahnya tidak lagi seimbang dalam tubuh hewan kucing tersebut. Gejala klinis antara lain kekurusan, ikterus, anemia, lemah, anoreksia, dyspnoe, sulit menelan, batuk, dan membran mukosa pucat. Selain itu kelenjar pertahanan tubuh juga membengkak, kemudian terjadi hepatomegali, spleenomegali dan pembengkakan pada ginjal. Terbentuk massa tumor pada beberapa tempat. Secara biopsy pada sumsum tulang akan terlihat be- berapa perubahan. Sumsum tulang berwarna merah tua atau abu-abu. Konsistensinya lunak dan terdapat banyak sekali memproduksi sel darah putih. Melalui gambaran darah leukemia ini lebih mudah didiagnosa. Jumlah retikulosit rendah sekali. PCV 8-15%, hemoglobin menurun, sel darah putih (WBC) meningkat, lim- fosit meningkat, Alfaglobulin juga ada peningkatan, dan banyak eosinofil yang belum dewasa beredar dalam darah…dst
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