Teluk Kiluan’s Media

Kiluan bay had some characters of the coastal.  Main of the coastal consisted with sand substrate to mud and a few of them was rocky.  Its coastal had some vegetation that had some species and lived together each others, made an ecosystem. So, there was not only vegetation life, but the others too, such as species of crabs, birds, fishes, etc.

On sand and gravels substrate, usually be dominated with the formation of coastal forests vegetation.  Based of the composition of coastal forests vegetation, its had two formations, Pes-caprae and Baringtonia.  On Pes-caprae formation lived some species, such as Spinifex littorius, Vigna sp, Pandanus tectorius, etc.

Ipomoea pes-caprae, one of some species what found on sand and gravels substrate across Kiluan Bay coastline.

Whereas Baringtonia formation had  species what consisted some trees species,  such as Ketapan (Terminalia cattapa), Hibiscus tiliaceus, Callophylum inophylum, etc.  Most of them was bigger than one and Dicotyledonae classes had been dominated.  Usually, some people surrounding Kiluan Bay used this Baringtonia vegetation to make their traditional boat.  Although they have used this vegetation, Baringtonia vegetation preserved well.

Ketapang (Terminalia cattapa), one of Baringtonia vegetation species what can be found along the Kiluan Bay

It can be a few of people knew if The Kiluan Bay had the great of marine lifes.  Especially, the Dolphins life.  If you get a tour through to the Kiluan Bay marine, close with Hindia Ocean and Sunda Strait, you can get a fascinating experient.  Meet some acrobatics dolphin surrounding it.  There are the Dolphin community.

We can find them if we use a traditional boat whose Kiluan Bay community had.  It call as “jukung”.  This boat have a unique shape that had a purpose, for adaptation with its marines characters whose had big waves and deep water.  Beside that, only use a jukung to get the Dolphins life because they got to be frightened when some hunter killed them with a big boat.  Why did it happen?…according to some communities interviews, a meat of Dolphins was a great “meal” to catch some sharks what can be found surrounding in Kiluan Bay area (the Shark Island area).

Known two main species of Dolphins what can be identified.  There were Bottle-nose dolphin (Turciops truncatus), the bigger than the others.  They had dark-grey to black color of morphology, with grey strip color on pectoral to abdominal body.  Then, they had some unique habits such as calm, gently style when they had to swim, and friendly.

Another species was knows as Long-nose dolphin (Stenella longirostris), whose had  dark-brown to brown color and smaller than the other species.   But, it had an opposite habits with Bottle-nose dolphin too.  This species love an acrobatic moving, lively, and skillful to swim.  Sometimes, when we found this species, they always show their fascinating acrobatic.  So, we always called them as “the great acrobaters”.

The Dolphin life lived as well as the Kiluan Bay’s communities.  They help each others.  When Kiluan’s fisherman want to get some pelagics fishes, the Dolphins be a guide.  So, they lived together in a harmony till now…

photo credits by CIKAL Foundation Docs.

When I was asked to write this piece about Bawang and the mangrove forest, I was asked to give my opinion as a foreigner and visitor. There are many facets to my feelings about Bawang because it is such a beautiful and enchanting place that has the potential to spin you around at the very next turn. I mean you never know what lies on the road (or water) ahead.

I will share with you my first visit to Bawang. I travelled for 2 hours from the Island of Kiluan (another gorgeous Island) across the bay of Selat Legundi on the jukung of my close friend, marine fisherman and chief of marine security, Bang Dir. We were travelling across the bay to meet our friend the director of conservation organisation Cikal, Riko Stefanus.

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You can download Wallpaper of Kiluan with clicking the pictures.

Small Cottage in Kiluan

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Molokai, Hawaii

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Green turtle is one of the common sea turtle,  according to scientists data, turtles have been around since 145-208 million years ago or contemporary with the Dinosaur. Turtle has a pair of front leg inform of a foot paddle as a skillful swimmer in the water. They are always living in the water but must occasionally rise to surface of the sea to breathe. Because the turtle breathing with lungs.

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Katie, from southern California asks,” How dolphins have baby?” It’s the common question that always cross our mind, who love or like dolphins and this article is made from different sources of internet.

Before we understand how dolphins have baby, we should get to know about dolphins themselves. Dolphins are mammals. Just like other mammals, dolphins also get pregnant and give birth to a baby, milk feed and nurture the baby until he is grown up.

Dolphins breathe through lungs, and in every few minutes they dive up to water surface for breathing. Dolphin has a tiny hole behind its head, which is called “blowhole”. Having taken a breath, the hole is closed to prevent water out of the lungs.

After all, how dolphins have baby, which are as mammal, live under water that need air above the sea to breathe?

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Lampung Province area has 35.376,5 Km land which conceives 69 island, and located at 103′40′ BT tilll 105′50′ BT and 03′45′ LS till 06′45′ LS with coastline length ± 1.105 Km ( include some islands) divided become 4 territorial waters region, for example territorial waters Pantai Barat (± 210 Km), Teluk Semaka (± 200 Km), Teluk Lampung and Selat Sunda (± 160 Km), and Pantai Timur (± 270 Km).

Teluk Kiluan, which is located in Semangka Bay and most of the area is part of Tanggamus District, has a long coastal seaboard and hills. For several people, the bay has been such a well-known destination for the dolphins, which are so abundant in this area, and the fishing area (Fishing Week I 2006 and Fishing Week II 2007), which potentially to be developed as fishing tourism. More over, there is a marine turtle sanctuary (DKP Lampung 2007) where as the spawning ground of some rare turtle such as, “penyu sisik”……

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Riko Stefanus

Without the hard work of Riko Stafanus, tourists might not be able to enjoy the breathtaking sight of the dolphin dance at Kiluan Bay.

Kiluan Bay, which is located in Tanggamus regency of Lampung province, is not as popular as Lampung Bay in Bandarlampung, Tomini Bay in Central Sulawesi or Lovina Bay in Bali.

But thanks to the efforts of Riko, 34, from the Cikal Ecotourism Foundation, who has been working to save Kiluan Bay’s turtle and dolphin habitat, the virgin tourist site is beginning to see an increase in the number of local and foreign visitors.

Some tourists say the Kiluan Bay dolphin dance is more exotic than the popular one at Lovina Beach, where only one species of dolphin is found.

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Laporan Wartawan Kompas Helena Fransisca

BANDAR LAMPUNG, KOMPAS - Polisi hutan Balai Konservasi Sumber Daya Alam (BSKDA) Lampung bersama-sama dengan kelompok masyarakat pengawas (Pokmaswas) Teluk Kiluan berhasil menangkap empat dari enam pengebom terumbu karang di Teluk Kiluan, Sabtu (2/6). Penangkapan dilakukan setelah polisi hutan BKSDA Lampung berpatroli selama dua hari mulai Jumat (1/6) hingga Sabtu (2/6).
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