Let's Go To Baros!
Exposure at Baros village
Marine Economic Training Program
Baros is a small village
located on the southern coast of Yogyakarta, in Kretek district, Bantul Regency.
Not many people in Yogyakarta, especially youth, know the charm of Baros
village. Perhaps, people know Baros as a village located in agricultural area
producing red onion. Why is the article entitled: Let's Learn To Baros? What
kind of charm does the village have? It is not a spectacular charm, nor the
world-class natural beauty. But Baros village could catch public’s attention,
because its mangrove conservation area. It is actually the main attention from
various environmental activists, both students and public, either in regional
and international scope.
What can we learn there?
We can learn a formation of an ecosystem consisting of mangrove conservation
and its benefits for Baros residents. Mangrove, for them is a shield for their
farmland. Why? Because their farmland is located in the southern coast of
Yogyakarta. Mangrove which grows in that area is used to filter salt-contained
air carried by the wind. Besides that, mangrove is expected to prevent abrasion
and binder silt that bring out new land around the mangrove. The growth of
mangrove will be followed by the birth of new habitat surroundings, such as the
breeding of brackish water fish, crabs, birds, and snakes. The growth of a new
habitat means new life to avoid extinction. Local residents can get benefits of
breeding fish and crab as their additional nutrition and incomes.
It started in 2003, the
mangroves were planted around the coast of Baros village, then, the KP2B (Baros
Youth Family) has received a mandate to keep the mangrove until now. It has
been 15 years since they were planted in
Baros, and now local people and visitors having the same vision about
enviroment can enjoy the mangrove forests. This is the reason why Stube-HEMAT
Yogyakarta initiated a training on maritime economy, with theme: Something with
Indonesian Ocean. During the training, Stube-HEMAT Yogyakarta sent trainees to
plunge into reality and make analysis related to Baros, on August 28 – 30,
2015. They were Celsius Immanuel Malailo (APMD), Yoel Yoga Dwianto (STAK
Marturia), and Yakoba Ratundima (STT Terpadu, Waingapu).
The participants learned
many things during their observation from 28 – 30 August 2015, related to local
problems, how pioneering an
environmental movement, an ecosystem formation from the conservation of
mangrove forests to socio-economic impacts for Baros residents. To all students
and environment activists who are interested in nature conservation especially
on marine and coastal area, let’s go to Baros and learn environment there.
(PIAF)
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