Judul: Pengembangan Ekowisata Merak Hijau (Pavo Muticus Linnaeus, 1766) Di Resort Labuhan Merak Taman Nasional Baluran
Abstrak: Merak Hijau merupakan salah satu satwa liar yang terdapat di Taman Nasional Baluran (TNB), memiliki bentuk morfologi yang indah serta perilaku yang unik. Habitat merak hijau di Resort Labuhan Merak memiliki lansekap alam yang potensial untuk dijadikan daya tarik ekowisata. Tujuan utama dari penelitian ini adalah untuk merumuskan alternatif strategi pengembangan ekowisata merak hijau di Resort Labuhan Merak TNB berdasarkan aspek permintaan dan aspek penawaran. Penelitian dilakukan di Bilik dan Air Karang Resort Labuhan Merak, TNB pada bulan Febuari – Maret 2015. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui observasi lapang, penyebaran kuesioner, wawancara dan studi pustaka. Alternatif strategi pengembangan ekowisata merak hijau di Resort Labuhan Merak dapat dilakukan dengan pemberdayaan masyarakat sekitar, menyusun desain teknis dan paket ekowisata merak hijau, meningkatkan mutu sumber daya manusia, meningkatkan sarana penunjang dan promosikan Resort Labuhan Merak melalui berbagai media promosi.
Keyword: ekowisata, merak hijau, strategi pengembangan, taman nasional

Judul: Pengembangan Ekowisata Mangrove Di Pantai Bilik Dan Sejile Resort Labuhan Merak Taman Nasional Baluran
Abstrak: Ekosistem mangrove di Pantai Bilik dan Sejile Taman Nasional Baluran memiliki potensi untuk pengembangan kegiatan ekowisata. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk memberikan masukan terkait alternatif strategi pengembangan ekowisata mangrove di Resort Labuhan Merak, Taman Nasional Baluran berdasarkan aspek permintaan dan penawaran ekowisata. Pengumpulan data dilakukan dengan wawancara, kuisioner, pengamatan dan studi literatur dengan obyek penelitian sumberdaya ekosistem mangrove serta masyarakat Desa Sumberwaru. Kegiatan pengembangan ekowisata mangrove di Pantai Bilik dan Sejile dapat dilakukan dengan menyusun konsep detail terkait pengembangan ekowisata mangrove sesuai dengan minat pengunjung serta melibatkan masyarakat untuk berpartisipasi di dalamnya, meningkatkan sarana dan prasarana ekowisata mangrove serta meningkatkan SDM untuk mengembangkan ekowisata mangrove, meningkatkan kebersihan dan keamanan Pantai Bilik dan Sejile, mengoptimalkan promosi dan interpretasi untuk pengunjung.
Keyword: ekoturisme, mangrove, strategi pengembangan, taman nasional

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