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Yogyakarta (16/10/2015) As the turtle population continues to decline in the ocean; it becomes important to provide education for the younger generation in protecting the animals. This is done by students of International Program of Governmental Studies (IGOV-UMY) by accompanying American students to visit the conservation of turtle breeding in Bantul New Beach, Yogyakarta.
Meet directly with the Youth Community of Turtle Penangkar, New Beach, IGOV students and American students get an explanation of how the breeding process of turtles is done until they hatch, then later in the relatively young age, the turtles will be released into the ocean. “After hatching, these turtles are not left for long, but are directly off, to preserve their natural nature,” explained Mbah Munawir, a figure who accompanied the breeding community.
In a discussion conducted with the Community, an American student, Kate, asked how the turtles released into the ocean could be detected whether it was alive and breeding or not. Mbah Munawir again explained that the turtles published on the New coast, before being released are marked with the Indonesian conservation code on their wings so that when found in Australia or the eastern part of Indonesia by breeders and communities concerned with other turtles, the turtles will easy to detect its monitoring. “Although until now we still have not received confirmation, but with the marker code, the turtle that we release when migrating to a specific land can be detected its existence,” said mbah Munawir.
By looking directly at the turtles ready to be released to the shore, American students are keen to hold the turtle’s children. According to Kate, an American student, with an amusing form, Turtles must be entirely protected by returning them to their natural habitat, the loose seas. So important for the younger generation, both in Indonesia and America, to have a concern for it, so that the existence of turtles will be maintained to be known by the next generations.
As for IGOV students themselves, feel proud to be able to become a facilitator for American students to know how Turtle conservation is done in Indonesia. “This is an opportunity for us, to show them (the American students), how the turtle was treated before being released into the ocean. Because in fact, they, the American friends, are city kids who rarely come into contact with the outside world and are still natural, as we have in Jogja and Indonesia, “said Adibah, IGOV semester Five student.
Report: Rijal Ramdani