ANALISIS KESESUAIAN HABITAT PENELURAN PENYU DI PANTAI SABA, GIANYAR, BALI

Abstract

One of the protected marine biota in Indonesia is sea turtles. This is because the number of sea turtle species in the world has been threatened with extinction. Because of it, sea turtle needs more attention from government and non-government agencies related to sea turtle in Indonesia. This concern can be in the form of research conducted to carry out sea turtle conservation. The conservation of sea turtles is very important to do to maintain the survival of sea turtles in their natural habitat so that the population of sea turtles does not decrease. The purpose of this research is 1) Know the quality of the waters at Serangan Beach and Saba Beach. 2) Analyze the suitability of Saba Beach for seaturtle conservation. 3) Identify important coastal factors for sea turtle conservation. This research was carried out structurally using a comparative method, namely comparing stations 1 and 2 where station 1 functions as an example station and station 2 as a test station. This study concludes that 1) the water quality on both coasts is in accordance with the standard quality standards for conservation areas according to Decree of the Minister of Environment number 51 of 2004, 2)Saba Beach is feasible to be used as a sea turtle conservation area and 3) a deterrent factor that makes both stations less well the appropriate conservation area is the presence of vegetation.