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> News > Usu Faculty of Engineering Lecturer Conducts Research on the Importance of Community Education and Interpretation in the Conservation and Geoheritage of the Toba Caldera, North Sumatra Province

Usu Faculty of Engineering Lecturer Conducts Research on the Importance of Community Education and Interpretation in the Conservation and Geoheritage of the Toba Caldera, North Sumatra Province

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01 February 2023

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Usu Faculty of Engineering Lecturer Conducts Research on the Importance of Community Education and Interpretation in the Conservation and Geoheritage of the Toba Caldera, North Sumatra Province
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The Toba Caldera inherits a unique variety of geology (geodiversity) and a dynamic natural landscape that has long attracted many tourists. It is a geological heritage (geoheritage) with interesting, unique and extraordinary geological phenomena including tourist visits, learning from appreciating and engaging in geosites (Dowling , 2010). which need to be preserved.

The purpose of the need for the preservation and conservation of geological sites in the Toba Caldera Region is to become a natural geotourism that features new tourist destinations, is an innovation for the protection of natural and geological heritage for the transfer of Earth knowledge (geoscience). What's more, geoparks play an important role in rural development through the empowerment of local communities.

On the basis of the above, USU Faculty of Engineering Lecturer Dr. Ir. Said Muzambiq M.Sc from the Environmental Engineering Study Program conducted research on the Importance of Community Education and Interpretation in Toba Caldera Conservation and Geoheritage, North Sumatra Province. This research also collaborated with other universities, namely the Medan Institute of Technology and the Yogyakarta AMPTA Tourism College. The research results have mapped as many as 36 geological sites (geosite) which are basic data as the potential for the Lake Toba area to become a geotourism area.

Because it is appropriate that the track record of geological potential requires understanding of the local community, especially the education community, the general public which is the main capital in explaining the history of geology in order to maintain its sustainability.

Education and interpretation try to instill an understanding that the phenomena of the earth, culture and history need to be preserved for learning and to be able to optimize the potential of nature to become added value for the economic well-being of local communities, as well as being able to minimize potential damage to nature.

Publication:

Muzambiq, S., Walid, H., Ganie, T.H. et al. The Importance of Public Education and Interpretation in the Conservation of Toba Caldera Geoheritage. Geoheritage 13, 3 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12371-020-00523-x

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