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Tsunami Reformasi Universitas Jepang

Pemerintah Jepang melakukan berbagai gebrakan reformasi universitas di awal milenium ini. Beberapa universitas terkemuka seperti Universitas Tokyo, Universitas Kyoto, Universitas Osaka, Universitas Hokkaido dan Universitas Ibaraki memanfaatkan momentum ini untuk membangun kolaborasi besar dalam riset dan pendidikan. Kelima universitas ini sejak Agustus 2005 lalu telah bersepakat membangun jaringan bernama IR3S (“Integrated Research System for Sustainability Sciences”) yaitu suatu kolaborasi akademik

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Seperempat Abat Perikanan Laut DIY

Restrukturisasi kelembagaan yang ditetapkan dengan Perda No. 7 tahun 1980 dari Seksi Perikanan Darat Dinas Pertanian Rakyat menjadi Dinas Perikanan Provinsi Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta (DIY) menjadi titik awal ghirah membangun perikanan dan kelautan di DIY. Sejarah yang mengawali pembangunan ini memiliki kemiripan dengan kelahiran Departemen Kelautan dan Perikanan (DKP) melalui Keppres 136/1999, yaitu organisasi yang berdiri dari institusi di bawah

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Mengkaji Ulang Pola Pengelolaan Perikanan

Konflik perikanan akhir-akhir ini kembali menjadi berita setelah di era 1970an konflik sangat mudah dan sering muncul kepermukaan sebagai akibat dualisme industri perikanan laut. Selama bulan Januari yang lalu konflik dengan kekerasan terjadi sekurang-kurangnya lima kali antara nelayan Jawa Tengah dan Kalimantan (Kompas 25/1). Konflik nelayan pada 20 November 2005 di Pulau Tambolongan, Selayar, Sulawesi Selatan juga meninggalkan luka dengan

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Lesson from the Environmental History of the World

A few interesting points of Ideas and Impact of J. Donald Hughes (An Environmental History of the World: Humankind’s Changing Role in The Community of Life). Human system of ideas about the natural world might be classified into three general categories: a. Traditional à evolving system that included earlier ideas with new ones that might be found in the Hinduism,

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Indonesia after Economic Crisis: A Poverty Issues

This is some interesting points from a book entitle “Indonesian Living Standards Three Years After the Crisis: Evidence from the Indonesian Family Live Survey” written by Center for Population & Policy Studies Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta, RAND, and Partnership for Economic Growth USAID. Real per capita GDP rose four-fold between 1965-1995. with annual growth rate averaging 4.5% per year. The

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Institutional Aspects of Agriculture Development in Japan

A Summary of Chapter II of the Agricultural Development of Japan: a Century’s Perspectives, by Hayami, Y. and S. Yamada, 1991, University of Tokyo Press. Transition to Modern Agricultural Growth The society was under rigid hierarchical class structure during Tokugawa regime, in that social mobility was low, and occupations were determined by blood. Based on this class, the feudal lords

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Energy, It is really our problems

When you see this picture you will probably ask whether there is a relationship between the coconut tree and our energy problems. I say yes! This is one of the energy source and the way to adapt to a limited acces to the commercial energy or let we say the oils for rural communities. I took this picture when I

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Penjualan Pulau: Isu di Bulan Maret

Penjualan pulau ternyata bukan hanya berita isapan jempol. Pulau Sultan di kepulauan Riau sempat diiklankan di website privateislandsonline.com walaupun kemudian diumumkan tidak ada pulau yang dijual di wilayah Indonesia oleh media/perusahaan yang sama (klik disini). Rupanya beberapa media dalam negeri terus memberitakan iklan tersebut, seperti Waspada Online 1 Maret, Antara News 3 Maret, 4 Maret, dan Gatra 5 Maret. Sebelumnya,

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Indonesian Marine Capture Fishery: A Limit to Grow

Since 1999, government declared fishery and marine based industry as one of the national economic prime mover. The high economy potential of the bio-resources was believed could potentially drive the growth of the national economy particularly in the coastal rural areas. This paper tried to map the footprint of the marine fishery growth since the early era of Indonesia and

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