Konservasi Indonesia
This module establishes the foundational understanding that effective marine conservation must integrate species protection and habitat conservation as inseparable components. Using coastal and marine ecosystems in Saleh Bay as contextual examples, it explains how biodiversity underpins ecosystem services, highlights major anthropogenic threats (habitat degradation, pollution, overexploitation, and climate change), and emphasizes core conservation principles including protection of threatened species, safeguarding critical habitats, maintaining genetic and species diversity, and establishing well-managed conservation areas. By translating ecological concepts into applied learning tools, the module strengthens local capacity and provides a conceptual backbone for implementing whale shark–based conservation areas and ecosystem-based management in Teluk Saleh and comparable Indonesian seascapes.
Authors:
Maula Nadia, Ismail Syakurachman, Mochamad Iqbal Herwata Putra
Publisher:
Konservasi Indonesia
Keywords:
species conservation, habitat protection, ecosystem services, coastal ecosystems, conservation principles
Group Species:
Elasmobranch
Species:
Whale shark
Scale:
Saleh Bay
Year:
2025
