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| UMM students develop local tourism and empower the community in Sanankerto Village (Photo: Special). |
Attracting Sanankerto Village, Turen, Malang Regency, Muhammadiyah University of Malang (UMM) initiates educational tourism. This time, the Faculty of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry (FAAH) led the establishment of a special educational park for endemic fish called Fish Edupark Boonpring.
The program coordinator, Ganjar Adhywirawan Sutarjo, M.P., explained that Sanankerto Village, with the Boonpring tourist destination, indeed has great potential for developing educational tourism. Besides Boonpring tourism, several types of fish also live around the village. "Through this program, we want Sanankerto Village to become the genetic bank for East Java's endemic fish," he added.
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In order to achieve maximum success, this community service program also collaborates with the marine and fisheries department and the Tirta Mas fish cultivation group. It also involves actively participating students through the Student Organization Capacity Strengthening Program (PPK Ormawa) and the Student Community Service Program (PMM). This step is expected to have a positive impact, such as making Sanankerto Village the centre for preserving and conserving East Java's endemic fish. It also aims to increase the number of visitors and the income of the community and provide opportunities for the development of endemic fish cultivation for fish farmers.
"We strive for this program to have an impact not only on education but also on the social and economic aspects of the local community," added Ganjar.
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The endemic fish focused on in this program include wader pari fish, wader cakul fish, sengkaring fish, bader bang fish, tawes fish, and others. The program's implementation has been ongoing from August 1 to February 20, 2024. It started with a training mechanism to strengthen knowledge about managing endemic fish as the goal of edu-tourism and conservation. Next, periodic mentoring is carried out, involving Ganjar and a team consisting of 15 PPK Ormawa students and 5 PMM students, with the guidance of the lecturer.
"Until now, there has been an increase in visitors, initially at 30-40%, now it has increased to 60-70%. In the future, we believe that through synergy between education, conservation, and community participation, Sanankerto Village will become an inspiring destination for maintaining the sustainability of endemic fish. Providing positive benefits to the community and the surrounding environment," he emphasized. (rev/wil/fajr)
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