Depok, Thursday (25/1) at Building B Room 101 FMIPA UI held a seminar on biodiversity and the sustainability of marine ecosystems in Indonesia, which was the culmination of a series of activities. The 2nd Winter School Program.
Titled One Day Seminar on Marine Tropical Diversity and Sustainability, this seminar was attended by more than one hundred participants consisting of participants The 2nd Winter School Program which is a combination of 6 students from the Department of Biology, FMIPA UI and 6 students from Leiden University, students from the Department of Biology, FMIPA UI, students from Universiti Putra Malaysia who are currently carrying out their community service program at FMIPA UI, Depok and the surrounding areas also joined in this seminar.
In front of the participants who came from various countries, Dr. rer. nat. Abdul Haris, as Dean of FMIPA UI, in his remarks expressed his pride in the return of the Winter School Program, which this year was held in conjunction with the Community Service Program at Universiti Putra Malaysia., where these two activities are internationalization programs in the academic field of FMIPA UI
"I think this is a very proud moment for FMIPA UI because in January we can carry out two cross-country activities at once, namely the 2018 winter school program and We Volunteer Mobility Programme Mission UPM (Universiti Putra Malaysia) –INDONESIA, both of which are internationalization programs in our academic field.”.
Abdul Haris further hopes that this activity can be utilized optimally as an opportunity to interact with each other and exchange knowledge.
Present as resource persons, namely Prof. Dr. Ir. Peter M. Van Bodegom environmental biologist, Leiden University, Nicole J. De Voogd, Ph.D. researcher at the center for natural biodiversity at Leiden University, and Dr. rer. nat. Mufti Petala Patria, M.Sc. marine expert from the Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Indonesia. The topics raised in the seminar were Ecosystem services to protect and optimise marine and freshwater ecosystems, The Future of the Tropical Coral reef Ecosystem, Microplastict in the Ocean : A Serious Problem.
In this seminar, the participants of the 2018 Winter School program, who were divided into 6 discussion groups, presented their results. project his observations were carried out during an excursion study on Pramuka Island, Seribu Islands for 9 days, namely January 16-24 2018 with the theme Tropical Biodiversity and Sustainability: Marine Chapter. Project observasi it consists of marine related themes sustainability on Pramuka Island. The six observation project themes are: The anthropogenic factors toward percentage coral coverage, The interaction between macroalgae and lifeform coral in Pramuka Island and Air Island, Seribu Island, Mangrove ecosystem service at Pramuka Island, Ornamental fish trading and its effect on sustainability (Panggang Island case study), Sea turtles conversation in Pulau Pramuka, Overexploration of edible species in intertidal zone.
Dr. rer. nat. Yasman, Head of the Department of Biology and Chair of the Organizing Committee, hopes this activity will raise awareness of the importance of preserving biodiversity and the sustainability of marine ecosystems. According to Yasman, biodiversity is of great benefit to human life, including maintaining the nation's assets in the form of potential natural resources for sustainable development.
