FDC IPB Holds Coral Finder Training
Fisheries Diving Club, Bogor Agricultural University (FDC-IPB) again held the "Coral Finder Training", Saturday-Sunday (15-16 / 9) in the Multipurpose Room, Department of Marine Science and Technology, Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Sciences, Bogor Agricultural Institute (Dept. of ITK FPIK IPB). The activity which was attended by 20 participants invited Beginner Subhan, S.Pi, M.Si, who is an IPB scientist in the field of marine affairs and Rizya Ardiwijaya of The Nature Conservancy (TNC) as a speaker. The Chief Executive, Siti Khodijah revealed that the training activities were attended by various groups. "Participants who took part in the training included the Lembeh Bersih Strait Community (KSLB), the general public, students and lecturers from various universities such as IPB, Bina Nusantara University, Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa Serang University, and Jakarta State University (UNJ)," added the student. Department of ITK FPI IPB batch 52.
Coral Finder This training teaches participants how to identify corals using the Coral Finder Kit (book) in a coherent way, starting with looking at the form of growth, the shape of the wall, the type of corallite, and the size of the corallite and others. This Coral Finder Kit has properties that are water resistant so that it can be carried when collecting data. This, of course, makes it easy for coral data takers, especially for beginners to identify directly in the field. In addition, a concise and clear explanation also makes it easy for researchers and laypeople to understand it.
Training like this is very useful, because studying coral reefs is important to us, especially the people of Indonesia. As explained by Beginer Subhan, Indonesia is a country with the highest coral diversity in the world. "More and more people can identify the coral, so the more information is obtained to complete the coral species diversity data," said the Dept. Teaching Staff. ITK FPIK IPB. The benefits of learning coral finder were also revealed by Coral Finder Training participants, one of them was Godlife Latjandu from the Lembeh Bersih Strait Community, Bitung, North Sulawesi. "This training was very impressive to me. I, who still don't know much about corals, are more aware and aware of more care with the coral reefs themselves, "he said. "With the holding of this training, it is expected that the participants' insights regarding the identification of coral can increase," said the training speaker, Rizya Ardiwijaya when closing the activity. (* / is)
