Scholarship / Scholarship contribute to the organisation's human resource development needs. AAS support statement [4]

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experts in MPA management

My institution does not have staffs with master's level education in Marine Protected Area (MPA) management. The scholarship could help my institution to provide an MPA management expert who could implement practical skill and knowledge to develop MPAs. My institution encourages me to continue a master in MPA management because they consider me as a capable person to carry out the duties. I would transfer the skills and knowledge to other staffs by creating routine trainings and discussions.

Scholarship / JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY. Proposed course and institution. AAS supporting statement. [3]

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How did you choose your proposed course and institution? (2000 characters)

Master of Protected Area Management in James Cook University

Firstly, I look at the correlation to my responsibilities as analyst of marine protected area (MPA) at Department of Marine and Fisheries (DMF) of NTB Province. My current role is design and planning program for developing marine protected area (MPA) in NTB Province including collecting, surveying, managing and processing data and statistic of marine natural resources.

Secondly, there is many problems occurred inside the MPA, such as destructive fishing, tourism unsustainability effect, climate change, overlapping interest, massive and destruct development. The impact of these problems causes destruction of marine ecosystem in MPA. This problem would be also a constraint for Indonesia to adopt set goals in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), especially "life below water goal". To overcome these problems, NTB Province needs a better and innovative MPA management which integrated with multi stakeholders. I have discussed with my head department about this problem also he encouraged and supported to me to develop MPA in NTB Province. That is my reason to choose Master of Protected Area Management in James Cook University (JCU) to improve the capacity and capability of the DMF of NTB.

Moreover, I have visited JCU campus to explore about protected area management course when I attended short course in Queensland. JCU offer various subjects which can be contributed to link and enrich the connection of climate change issues and natural resources destruction issues. JCU offers relevant subjects to my needs such as Management of MPA, Marine Conservation Biology, Biodiversity and Climate Change, also Managing Coastal and Marine Environment. Subjects offered in this course are very critical to learn in order to be knowledgeable about various contexts of conservation. Moreover, JCU also have the best facilities and experts in the MPA, especially in the tropical water

Scholarship / Analyst of Marine Protected Area. Three practical examples in Australia Awards Scholarship [2]

I work as Analyst of Marine Protected Area. I would proposed for masters of marine protected area management in James cook university.
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three ideas to use my knowledge

1.I would implement my practical skill and knowledge that I get from Australia to design and develop a MPA management based on zoning system model. This project would engage multi stakeholders (other government institutions, private sectors, NGOs and local communities) through partnership forum. The constraint is lack of coordination and collaboration among stakeholders because stakeholder representative may not fit with the need of project.

2.I would do research biodiversity and coverage area of coral and seagrass data which linked with oceanography, economic growth and population growth data in order to develop an understanding the effect of climate change to marine ecosystem and livelihood communities. I believe this particular research could be used as critical supporting to develop a Strategic plan for mitigation and adaptation of marine ecosystems to climate change in MPA. The constraint is lack of reliable data to compare with survey result data and willingness of other government stakeholder to be engaged in this research.

3.I would share my skill and knowledge to coastal communities in my institution working area, by giving them a quality training and creating more interactive socialization to raise their awareness about marine natural resources. By build a partnership with NGOs ( WCS and CTC) would enhance the quality and quantity of socialization and training. As a result, coastal community would be more engaged in making planning, conducting surveillance in MPA and contribute to conserve the natural resources. The constraint is lack of communities willingness to be engaged actively in socialization and training.