It was announced by the Director General of Marine Coastal and Small Islands Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF) Sudirman Saad in the National Workshop on Management of Small Island Outer and book Encyclopedia of Popular Small Islands Archipelago: East Kalimantan Nusa at Home archipelago Tuesday (08.18.2015), at a District official residence.
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The book tells the small islands in the outermost region of East Kalimantan, the following potential, also its history. CTF book compiled and published Compass Book Publishers is a book Encyclopedia of Popular 17th on small islands, which was launched since 2013.
Besides Sudirman, other speakers are Deputy Assistant 3 / IV National Defence Coordination Border Region and Spatial Defense Kemenkopolhukam Brigadier General Ahmad Supriyadi, Professor of Mulawarman Ahmad Syafei Sidik, from the Department of Hydro-Oceanographic Navy Marine Colonel Haris Djoko Nugroho, a District Makmur HAPK, Head of Regional Development Planning Agency Kaltim Rusmadi, as well as Professor of Bogor Agricultural Dietrich G Bengen and Syamsul Maarif.
"I think in five years, Maratua and the islands surrounding it could be a 'Bali' second. If the later service Maratua opened, it only took 3 hours on a plane from Jakarta to Maratua, "said Sudirman. Derawan, Kakaban, Charitable and adjacent Maratua.
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Derawan Islands underwater is a "paradise" for divers. Many cite, in Indonesia, the charm of the islands underwater just lost to Raja Ampat. In Kakaban, coral islands covering an area of 5 square kilometers, lies Lake Kakaban area of 390 hectares inhabited by four species of jellyfish without the sting. Besides Kakaban, jellyfish without the sting was only found on the island of Palau, Micronesia in the Pacific Ocean.
The island is not inhabited Charitable turtle conservation. Every night, dozens of turtles to lay their eggs in the sand rises Charitable Beach. Derawan also lay dots beautiful dives. As for Maratua, the island's population of 3,500 inhabitants, its waters are dotted dive to see manta rays.
Dietrich said the common obstacles in the development of marine tourism in small islands is limited accessibility. However, when it was later resolved, equally important is what is presented, for example, culinary and packaging.
"Do not, for example, tourists to the small islands only see pithik Iwak menu (chicken), Iwak endhog (eggs). That's what I still find. Supposedly culinary, yes, fresh seafood. Make innovative, such as people fishing and then cooked, "said Dietrich.
Makmur said, it's time outermost small islands whose waters bordering other countries considered in all respects. The entry of "uninvited guests", which is 600 more boat people (Bajo) of Malaysia and the Philippines, are flocking to Derawan Islands, last November, is not repeated.
Syamsul Maarif said, one of the weaknesses of the management of marine tourism in Indonesia is a bureaucracy that has not been thought importance of public entrepreneurship. It is characterized among other things by innovation, creative, proactive, and orientation of the public.
Deputy Managing Editor of Kompas Daily Tri Agung Kris said, many people do not know about the outermost small islands, much less interesting stories behind them. For example, the Lungsurannaga Island legend tells of a dragon sheds its skin before facing large estuarine crocodile.
source: harian kompas
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