Judul: Forest Fire Control in Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, South Sulawesi Province
Abstrak: Kebakaran hutan pada tahun 2015 terjadi di kawasan hutan konservasi Taman Nasional Bantimurung Bulusaraung yang disebabkan oleh adanya kelalaian masyarakat dalam menggunakan api. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengidentifikasi penyebab kebakaran hutan, merekomendasikan sistem pengendalian kebakaran, dan mengidentifikasi peranan masyarakat di Taman Nasional Bantimurung Bulusaraung, Maros, Sulawesi Selatan. Data yang digunakan berupa data kebakaran hutan dan data curah hujan 6 tahun terakhir (2015-2020). Analisis data menggunakan analisis deskriptif kualitatif. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kebakaran di TN Bantimurung terjadi setiap tahunnya, dengan frekuensi kebakaran sebanyak 20 kali pada periode tahun 2015-2020. Faktor aktivitas manusia menjadi penyebab terjadinya kebakaran. Frekuensi kebakaran tertinggi terjadi pada tahun 2015 hingga 8 kali dan menghanguskan 97,65 Ha. Upaya pencegahan yang dilakukan oleh pihak TN Bantimurung Bulusaraung adalah pembentukan Manggala Agni dan Masyarakat Peduli Api serta kegiatan sosialisasi pengendalian kebakaran hutan. Kawasan karst menjadi kendala dalam proses pemadaman, sehingga peran dan partisipasi masyarakat di sekitar kawasan sangatlah penting dalam pengendalian kebakaran hutan, Forest Fire Control at Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, South Sulawesi Province. Supervised by LAILAN SYAUFINA Forest fires in 2015 occurred in the conservation forest area of the Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park caused by the negligence of the community in using fire. This study aims to identify the causes of forest fires, recommend a fire control system, and identify the role of the community in Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park, Maros, South Sulawesi. The data used are forest fire data and rainfall data for the last 6 years (2015-2020). Data analysis used descriptive qualitative analysis. The results showed that fires in Bantimurung National Park occur every year with a frequency of 20 fires in the 2015-2020 period. Human activity factors are the cause of fires. The highest frequency of fires occurred in 2015 up to 8 times and scorched 97.65 hectares. Efforts made by the Bantimurung Bulusaraung National Park are the establishment of Manggala Agni and the Fire Care Community and socialization activities for controlling forest fires. Karst areas are an obstacle in the extinguishing process, so the role and participation of communities around the area very important in controlling forest fires.
Keyword: Bantimurung Bulusaraung, Society role, Prevention

Judul: The Community Role in Forest Fire Prevention  at BKPH Slarang, KPH Pemalang
Abstrak: Kebakaran hutan merupakan salah satu bentuk gangguan hutan yang sering terjadi. Kebakaran hutan di Indonesia setiap tahunnya sering terjadi saat musim kemarau. Faktor penyebab kebakaran hutan di Indonesia yaitu disebabkan oleh faktor alam dan faktor manusia. Kebakaran hutan menimbulkan kerugian yang besar apabila tidak dilakukan pengendalian kebakaran hutan dengan baik. Penelitian ini bertujuan menganalisis faktor penyebab terjadinya kebakaran hutan dan mengkaji upaya dalam pengendalian kebakaran hutan serta partisipasi masyarakat dalam pengendalian kebakaran hutan di BKPH Slarang, KPH Pemalang, Jawa Tengah. Kebakaran hutan tertinggi terjadi pada tahun 2015 dengan frekuensi 4 kali serta luas total lahan yang terbakar 11,10 Ha. Kebakaran hutan di BKPH Slarang tersebut menyebabkan kerugian sebesar Rp50.234.000. Bentuk pengendalian yang dilakukan oleh pihak BKPH Slarang yaitu sosialisasi atau penyuluhan mengenai kebakaran. Sosialisasi atau penyuluhan langsung tersebut diberikan kepada masyarakat dalam berbagai kegiatan. Peran masyarakat dalam pengendalian kebakaran hutan di BKPH Slarang sangat tinggi dalam pencegahan maupun pemadaman di BKPH Slarang KPH Pemalang., Forest fires are a form of forest disturbance that often occurs. Every year, forest fires in Indonesia occur during the dry season. The causes of forest fires in Indonesia are natural and human factors. Forest fires cause an enormous loss in properly controlling forest fires. This study aims to analyze the factors that cause forest fires and examine the efforts to control forest fires and the role of community participation in forest fire control at BKPH Slarang, KPH Pemalang, Central Java. The highest forest fires occurred in 2015 with a frequency of 4 times that the total area of land burned was 11,10 hectares. Forest fire in BKPH Slarang caused a loss of costing IDR 50,234,000. The form of control exercised by BKPH is socialization or counseling about fires. Direct socialization or counseling is given to the community in various activities. Community participation is very high in prevention and blackout activities at BKPH Slarang KPH Pemalang.
Keyword: BKPH Slarang, causative factors, community participation, control of forest fire

Judul: Optimization of Alginate-Chitosan Microcapsules Formation for Leydig Cells Encapsulation
Abstrak: Hypogonadism is a clinical condition characterized by low concentrations of testosterone. It is caused by malfunction of Leydig cells in producing testosterone. Encapsulation method will protect the transplanted cells from the immune system rejection. The aims of this study was to optimize the formation of microcapsules for Leydig cells encapsulation. The microcapsules were made of alginate and chitosan as the first and the second coating agents, respectively. The result showed that the minimum concentration of alginate was 1.5% (w/v) with a viscosity of 33.8 cPs, resulted spherical microcapsules with diameters of 230-270 µm. The optimum concentration of chitosan as the second coating agent was 0.5% (w/v), resulted spherical microcapsule with mechanical stability in 4 hours. Leydig cells can be trapped inside the capsule with a density that proportional with concentration of cells used in the encapsulation.
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