Brosur dan poster penanganan kejadian mamalia laut yang terdampar

The following is an article about the recently published brochures and posters on the handling of stranded marine mammals (Indonesian version). The English version is available here.

Setelah melalui proses desain selama beberapa bulan, akhirnya telah terbit brosur dan poster penanganan kejadian mamalia laut yang terdampar pada akhir Mei 2014 yang lalu. Pendanaan diberikan oleh WWF Indonesia, produksi dilakukan bersama antara Whale Stranding Indonesia, the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center, dan Persatuan Dokter Hewan Indonesia Cabang Bali, serta bekerja sama dengan Kementerian Kelautan dan Perikanan (KKP) serta Lembaga Ilmu Pengetahuan Indonesia (LIPI). Brosur desain oleh Dinda Prayunita dan printing oleh Matoa Albarits. 

Di bawah ini adalah JPEG brosur dan poster dengan resolusi rendah. Email saya untuk memperoleh file resolusi tinggi. Brosur dicetak bolak balik di atas bahan PP PVC, poster dicetak di atas bahan art-paper. Lokasi utama stockist brosur dan poster adalah KKP (Jakarta), WWF Indonesia (Jakarta), Whale Stranding Indonesia (Jakarta), serta the Indonesian Biodiversity Research Center (Bali). 

Brosur lembar pertama

Kupang Marine Mammal Stranding Workshop and Training

The Kupang team in action, Lasiana Beach

The next marine mammal stranding training was conducted in Kupang, 4-5 June 2013, for East Nusa Tenggara. It was attended by about 25 people, slightly less than Bali participants. However, we received some important insights from the training. 

We didn’t get our HK counterparts to come to Kupang this time, hence Februanty Purnomo, Sekar Mira and myself became the full-time mentor. I am pleased to report that we conducted our first independent training successfully, despite the absence of Grant Abel, Lindsay Porter and Nimal Fernando (they still helped tho, with online comments). I am also pleased to report that Sarminto Hadi and Miasto Yudha of KKJI MMAF are now ready to be mentors for the next trainings. They know the drill already, and they know what it takes to play the game.

The Jakarta Post article on the Bali stranding workshop and training (1-2 May 2013)

Below is the The Jakarta Post article on the Bali stranding workshop and training (1-2 May 2013). Thanks to Desy Nurhayati for the article and to Pariama Hutasoit for helping us out with the media. 

The Bali team before the training (thanks to Sanur Beach Hotel for letting us using the pool)

Sea mammal rescue network established

by Desy Nurhayati on 2013-05-03 

 

The Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry established a task force to address incidents of stranded sea mammals.

Tony Ruchimat, ministry director for conservation area and fish species, said establishing the network was crucial to speed up the rescue of stranded sea mammals and to ensure species were handled correctly.

“Based on previous incidents, fifteen percent of stranded sea mammals were found alive and could be saved. However, sluggish and inappropriate responses could cause the rescue effort to fail,” he said during his presentation at a two-day workshop to establish the taskforce.

“Therefore, we need a network or task force, as well as commitment from the related stakeholders to enhance rescue efforts.”

Members of the task force include individuals from the Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Ministry, Tourism and Creative Economy Ministry, the marine police, navy, as well as NGOs, dive operators, life guards, marine experts, research agencies, university and volunteers.

Lima kiat untuk jalani dan selesaikan PhDmu

(This is the Indonesian version of a post titled ‘Five tips to survive your PhD’. Scroll down to the previous post or click this link for the English version)

Hari ini saya dapat satu komik lucu banget dari situs favorit saya PhDcomics.com. Komik ini tentang dokumen ‘final’ yang kudu di-submit (di sini tentang thesis S3, walaupun dokumennya bisa dokumen ‘final’ apa saja). Komik itu benar-benar mencerminkan dunia mahasiswa S3 atau PhD, jadinya saya post di sini.

Ini PhDcomic bener banget, tau ga sih...

Selain itu, komik ini juga mengingatkan saya akan ide tulisan tentang kehidupan PhD. Saya waktu itu membuat artikel ini tentang tips bersekolah di luar negeri (bhs Inggris). Ternyata artikel tersebut nomor dua paling banyak dibaca di blog ini. Karenanya, saya rasa penting (ato paling tidak, menarik bagi saya) untuk menuliskan satu artikel tentang kiat untuk hidup dengan thesis PhD/S3 kita.

Five tips to survive your PhD

(klik di sini untuk versi Indonesia)

I found a very funny comic from my favourite site the PhDcomics.com just now. It’s about the ‘final’ document of a manuscript (the PhD thesis in this case, but it could be any ‘final’ document too). The comic is so true to the real world of a PhD student, so I thought I should post it here. 

This PhDcomic is so true to the real world, you know?

Also, the comic reminds me of a post I’ve been meaning to write about, concerning PhD life. I’ve made a post on tips on studying abroad here, and apparently, it is the second most popular (comparatively speaking) post in this blog. Hence, I think it’s also important (at least interesting for me) to write a post about how to survive (and hopefully thrive on) our PhD and thesis. 

Tips for new Indonesian scholars/students heading to Australia (or other developed countries)

 About two weeks ago, I was invited by AusAID Indonesia to give a talk to about 50 Indonesian scholars who would head to Australia in a few months’ time for their study under the AusAID awards schemes. I had fun with them, exchanging quite a lot of information and discussing many things, such that I think I should write down the main points of our discussions for future Indonesian scholars. 

Being a former student under the Australian Development Scholarship (Masters) and Australian Leadership Awards (PhD), I do have some tips to share. The tips particularly apply to studying in Australia, but I believe it is also applicable for studying in other developed countries (e.g. USA, UK, New Zealand, Canada and European countries). The tips are meant for general life as a student, and not as a pre-departure package (for that, contact your AusAID officer or other liaison officer). The tips are as follows: