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Edible birds’ nests produced by several different species of swiflet are consumed by humans as a delicacy or in traditional Chinese medicine. The nests are constructed from a glutinous material found in the saliva secreted from the glands of the swiflets. They command a high retail price and are therefore often referred to as the ‘caviar of the East’.
The white nest and the red ‘blood’ nest are usually prepared for consumption by cooking in a double boiler with sugar. The bird’s nest soup obtained is consumed as a medicinal food tonic and possesses haemoglutination inhibiting action against the influenza virus. However, there is relatively little information about the composition and nutritional properties of the edible bird’s nest.
Because the salivary nest cement is one of the most expensive ingredients in the world, the adulteration of edible birds’ nests with less expensive materials has increased sharply over the past few years. Common adulterants include karaya gum, red seaweed and Tremella fungus. These ingredients are usually incorporated during the processing stages at levels around 10% and can be difficult to detect due to their similar colour, taste, appearance and texture to the actual salivary nest cement.
A study by Marcone1 investigated the compositional properties of the white nest and the red blood nest using SDS-PAGE fingerprinting and various analytical techniques for detecting adulterants (karaya gum, red seaweed and Tremella fungus). Using crude protein determination, it was found that these adulterants could reduce the overall protein content of the genuine white nest by 1.1-6.6%. A modified xanthoproteic nitric acid test for proteins was found to be a rapid and simple method for detecting adulteration in both whole and ground nests.
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1 Marcone, MF (2005). Characterization of the edible bird’s nest the ‘Caviar of the East’. Food Research International 38 (10) 1125-1134.
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February 16th, 2006
kinderart® kitchen recipe - edible
kinderart.com/kitchen/birdsnest
Submitted by Amanda Formaro from
FamilyCorner.com
This fun craft is not only adorable when done, but it’s tasty too! Sit the kids down to make this fun spring project. Be sure to make extras for friends and family.
You will need:
• Chow mein noodles
• chocolate chips or brick chocolate
• Jelly beans
• candy coated chocolate eggs
• marshmallow chicks
• peanut butter
• wax paper
• paper plates (colored plates optional)
Directions:
Place squares of wax paper onto to individual plates. Put chow mien noodles in a large bowl. If using brick chocolate, break into pieces. Melt chocolate chips or pieces in the microwave, or over low heat on stove, just until melted. Pour melted chocolate over chow mien noodles, mix together to coat.
Place mounds of chocolate/chow mien mixture onto several plates (on top of waxed paper). Have children form the mixtures into nests. Be sure the chocolate has cooled, but don’t wait too long or it will harden!
Using peanut butter as an adhesive, “glue” down the jelly beans and candy coated chocolate eggs inside the nest cavity. “Glue” marshmallow chick on the edge of or inside of the nest.
These make fun gifts from kids to their friends, teacher and family members. You can also make these nests at birthday parties as a fun and edible take home party favor.
BIO:
Amanda Formaro is the mother of four children. She and her husband live in southern Nevada. She is also the owner of the online family magazine, familycorner.com.
February 16th, 2006
ag.ohio-state.edu/~news/story
Kurt Knebusch
knebusch.1@osu.edu
Dear Twig: Why do they call it birds nest soup? Is it really made out of birds nests?
In short: Yes. Birds nest soup is a Chinese dish that is made from the nest of a bird called the swiftlet. Swiftlets are small, fast birds of southeast Asia. They build their nests in groups high on cave walls. And they make those nests from something weird: saliva, or spit. Ick! The spit comes out in long, thin strands from glands that are located under the tongue. The strands are woven to make a nest that sticks to the wall like glue.
Ew. (But effective.)
It used to be the nests were harvested once or twice a year. The birds were able to raise their young. But lately, however, demand has soared. People are gathering more and more nests and are doing it more and more often.
Which, of course, is bad for the swiftlets. Scientists say their numbers are falling. If the harvest isnt reduced, some types could be gone — extinct — in only five or 10 years.
The gooey, gluey, spitty nests actually dont have much taste. The soup gets its flavor from other ingredients. And, contrary to folk belief, the nests have little nutritional value. They do have a special protein in them, one that boosts immunity. But cleaning the nest before cooking destroys it.
Loogily,
Twig
P.S. Swiftlet cousins in North America include the familiar chimney swift, Chaetura pelagica.
Dear Editor and Other Readers: Three swiftlet species are tapped for their edible nests: the aptly named edible-nest swiftlet, the also aptly named (and geographically more specific) Indian edible-nest swiftlet and the black-nest swiftlet. Some pretty thorough details about the swiftlets — their nests, the buying and selling of them, and the environmental issues — are at www.american.edu
/TED/SWIFT.HTM, part of a Trade Environment Database Web site from American University.
Smart Stuff with Twig Walkingstick,” a service of The Ohio State University College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences — specifically, of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center (OARDC) and of Ohio State University Extension, both of which are parts of the College — is a weekly column for children about science, nature, farming and the environment. For details and to receive Twig free by mail, e-mail or fax, contact Kurt Knebusch, News and Media Relations, SCT, OSU/OARDC,1680 Madison Ave., Wooster, OH 44691, knebusch.1@osu.edu, (330) 263-3776. Available online at http://fusion.ag.ohio-state.edu/news/twig.asp. Available in Spanish as Cosa Curiosas con Juan Palitos at http://fusion.ag.ohio-state.edu/news/twigspanish.asp.
February 15th, 2006
stanfordalumni.org/birdsite/text/essays/Nest_Materials
Like a carton for store-bought eggs, nest materials help to cushion, insulate, and keep the clutch together. These materials may be of little importance for birds such as terns and murres, which require little more than a resting spot for their eggs. In contrast, nest materials can be critical for some species — as in the case of Bald Eagles, whose young require a durable playpen that an adult pair may maintain for decades.
An important function of nest materials gathered by ground-nesting precocial birds is to prevent their eggs from becoming embedded in sand or mud after heavy rains or flooding due to exceptionally high tides. Often only enough material is collected to create a buffer that raises the eggs off the substrate. Such a buffer also helps to guard against cracking when the eggs are rotated for uniform heating during incubation. In the case of many marsh-dwelling birds, the buffering layer may be expanded to form sides and sometimes extended to create a relatively fragile canopy, helping to hide the site.
Because the form of the nest varies from habitat to habitat, and must be adapted to fit a bewildering diversity of supporting structures, it is not surprising that an almost limitless variety of materials (including stones and mud, animal and plant products, and human-made artifacts) have at one time or another been incorporated into nests. Avian products that become part of nests include saliva (the main ingredient in cave swiftlet nests used in Chinese “bird’s nest” soup), ejected pellets, feathers, down, and guano. Feathers are highly valued, in part because of their capacity to trap air and provide insulation. Products of other animal species may include silk from cocoons and spider webs, cast snake skins, hair, fur, bits of cow pats, shells, etc. The variety of plant and manufactured products found in nests is enormous, including virtually anything that can be carried.
Some adhesive materials are required to bind and to provide support in adherent and hanging nests. Such materials include mud (swallows), saliva (swifts), caterpillar silk (hummingbirds, vireos), certain plant fibers, and leaf mold (Wood Thrushes). These binding materials can be remarkably durable. For example, cellulose, the major constituent of plant fibers, is waterproof and, ounce for ounce, stronger than steel. Other water-shedding substances used in nests include lichens and spider webs.
Some materials are selected specifically to help sanitize the nest. More than half of our hawk species routinely add fresh green leaves that contain natural pesticides such as hydrocyanic acid, which may inhibit infestation by insect parasites. Such preventive efforts are not limited to birds of prey. Users of old nest sites, such as starlings, can discriminate between helpful and ornamental leaves and select those that deter lice and bacteria for inclusion in their nests.
Avian ingenuity is seemingly boundless. For example, the Great Kiskadee is known to add the entire nest of the Vermilion Flycatcher to its own, presumably to increase its cushioning/insulating properties. Lists of nesting materials published by early ornithologists provide a sort of fossil record allowing us to trace changing patterns of use. Comparison of these records with contemporary observations of nest materials helps to document changes in the availability of materials. For instance, the Chipping Sparrow, at the turn of the century, was commonly referred to as the “hairbird” from its practice of lining its nest with horse hair. With the advent of mechanized travel and the decline of horses, both the trait and the name disappeared. Similarly, a number of contemporary inventions such as plastic insulation and cellophane may substitute for snake skin in nests of some flycatchers and titmice or replace other once common materials. Thus, nests used perennially could serve as storehouses of data. A White Stork nest still in use in 1930 dated to 1549. One 36-year-old nest of a Bald Eagle, which finally collapsed along with its supporting tree in a storm, contained two tons of accumulated material. Dissection of either nest could have proved a fascinating (if messy) enterprise.
February 15th, 2006
suarakarya-online.com/news
Tanya:
   Saya berencana memelihara burung Walet. Karena itu ingin mengetahui seluk beluk memeliharanya. Misalnya sifat alami burung tersebut, zat apa yang dapat menarik walet mau tinggal dirumah walet, dan dimana membelinya, serta berbagai kendala yang akan dihadapi oleh peternak dan bagaimana persiapan yang diperlukan. Atas keterangan yang Bapak berikan secara detil saya haturkan terima kasih dan atas ilmu yang bermanfaat yang diberikan kepada saya dan pembaca lainnya semoga mendapat ganjaran yang setimpal dari yang Maha Kuasa.
   Wassalam.
Priyono D
Jl Bong no.1, Rt 5/2,
Sidabowa, Patikraja,
Purwokerto, Jateng.
Jawab:
   Wah, kalau dijelaskan detil bisa habis halaman ini nggak bakal selesai, soalnya memang memelihara walet termasuk pekerjaan yang teliti dan mahal biayanya dan memerlukan kerja yang serius. Karena memelihara burung liar memang sulit, tapi bisa dilaksanakan dengan berbagai rekayasa tehnology canggih yang mahal dan telaten. Perlu diketahui sifat burung ini liar, pemakan serangga, suka terbang terus, kakinya lemah, tak kuat berdiri dan bertengger, suka suasana gelap dan lembab sarangnya dibuat dari air liurnya, ukuran panjang tubuhnya sekitar 10-16 cm, sayapnya panjang melengkung dan tubuhnya ramping, bulunya berwarna coklat kehitaman, telurnya hanya dua butir, mulai terbang jam 5 pagi dan pulang jam 5-7 sore, dsb.
   Sebelum membangun rumah walet (rumah “Tiban”) lebih dulu kita harus membuat penelitian, yaitu apakah banyak burung walet disana, bisa juga burung seriti. Kalau banyak,kita bisa membangun rumah walet.
   Untuk memikat walet agar mau datang dan tinggal dirumah banyak caranya, misalnya dengan cara pasif yaitu menunggu saja sampai ada walet yang mau mampir, tapi cara ini lama untuk mencapai hasilnya. Cara lain yaitu Semiaktif, dengan cara menyediakan serangga untuk pemikatnya dan kemudian dengan cara memikat dengan menggunakan suara walet dalam kaset/tape recorder. Cara lain yaitu menetaskan telur walet dalam rumah yang sudah ditinggali lebih dulu oleh Sriti. Cara ini akan memberi hasil yang bagus bila teliti dan sabar melakukannya. Selain itu ada juga dijual orang berbagai bentuk sarang imitasi, parfum pemikat, bubuk pemikat, kotoran walet, telur dan anak walet, kayu tempelen dan peralatan pembantu lainnya.
   Tentang kendala yang dihadapi dalam pemeliharaan walet cukup banyak antara lain maling sarang walet/pencuri, polusi lingkungan hidup walet, musuh walet seperti elang, alap-alap, kucing, musang dsb. Selain itu faktor pemasaran dan turun naiknya harga, transportasi, orang kepercayaan/pekerja. Banyak deh, urusannya, kalau tidak terjun menangani 100% pasti gagal, karena itu diperlukan ketekunan dan kesabaran dan kehati-hatian.
   Untuk membeli peralatan/alat bantu, buku dsb, sebaiknya menghubungi Buana Walet, di Komplek Sunrise Garden VX/7, Jl Macan, Daan Mogot, telepon 021-5689780. Sebaiknya anda magang dulu dan melihat bagaimana cara bekerja di perusahaan atau milik pribadi, agar diperoleh kepastian bisnis burung Walet ini, jangan hanya berdasarkan intuisi atau cerita orang. Kalau mau serius sebaiknya datangi alamat di atas karena kalau telepon acapkali tidak dijawab, bosan ngkali jawab telepon tanpa mau beli. Nah, begitu dulu secara singkat, kalau mau bukunya bisa juga dibeli di Gunung Agung atau Gramedia. Selamat piara walet. (Taufiq Rusdi MSc)
February 15th, 2006
bisnisbali.com/2005/01/05/news/ekonomi
Tabanan (BisnisBali) – Masih luasnya hamparan areal sawah dan hutan di Tabanan, berpengaruh terhadap ketersediaan pakan burung walet. Sumber pakan yang masih melimpah, membuat usaha budidaya burung walet bergairah. Harga sarang burung walet pun cukup merangsang antara Rp 14 juta sampai Rp 15 juta per kg.
Gusti Ngurah Gede Suputra, salah seorang peternak burung wallet, di Banjar Beng Kelod, Tunjuk, Tabanan mengatakan, di Tabanan usaha ini belum menemui hambatan berarti seperti yang dialami di daerah lainnya. ‘’Kami di Tabanan bersyukur karena sampai saat ini belum ada masalah mendasar. Sumber pakan burung walet masih cukup tersedia. Makanan yang cukup membuat walet masih betah tinggal di rumah walet,’’ ujarnya ditemui, Selasa (4/1) kemarin.
Peternakan ayam dan babi, kata dia, juga ikut mendukung usaha budi daya burung yang satu ini. Kedua jenis peternakan ini mengundang banyak serangga kecil yang beterbangan. Serangga-serangga beterbangan ini merupakan pakan burung walet.
Hal senada diungkapkan peternak burung walet lainnya. Tabanan sebagai daerah agraris, berpotensi untuk pengembangan usaha budi daya walet. Dengan pemeliharaan burung walet, masyarakat (petani) akan sangat terbantu. ‘’Serangga pengganggu tanaman petani akan dimangsa oleh burung walet, sehingga frekuensi serangan bisa ditekan,’’ ujarnya.
Tak mahal
Suputra mengaku, tidak benar ada kesan kalau beternak burung walet itu mahal. Mahal tidaknya modal yang diperlukan tergantung dari volume pembudidayaan burung walet. ‘’Kalau mau mulai dengan rumah ukuran kecil, saya kira modal Rp 20 juta sudah cukup. Lain masalahnya, kalau ingin buat rumah walet yang besar, modal yang diperlukan juga besar,’’ imbuhnya.
Bisnis ini, kata dia, sangat variatif. Dalam artian, bisa dijual sarangnya, fisik dan telurnya. Hanya saja kegiatan panen tergantung selera peternak itu sendiri.
Tipe panen, kata dia, secara umum ada tiga jenis yakni, panen tetas, buang telur dan rampasan. Panen tetas telur di antara tipe yang ada sangat bagus demi regenerasi burung itu sendiri. Sementara untuk panen buang telur dilakukan pada saat musim kemarau, saat burung agak kesulitan mencari pakan, sedangkan panen rampasan sering dilakukan peternak ketika awal musim hujan.
Disinggung harga masing-masing komoditas burung walet, ia mengaku tergantung mekanisme pasar. Untuk telur burung walet misalnya, dijual pada kisaran antara Rp 10.000 sampai Rp 26.000 per pasang. Sementara untuk piyik (bayi walet), dijual sedikit lebih mahal dari telur yakni pada kisaran antara Rp 27.000 sampai Rp 29.000 per pasang. Sarang burung walet saat ini masih pada kisaran antara Rp 14.000.000 sampai Rp 15.000.000 per kg. Untuk satu kilogram dibutuhkan antara 100 sampai 120 biji sarang burung walet. *can
February 15th, 2006
www.hiddenforest.co.nz/fungi/fun/birdnest.htm
What are they
Bird’s nest fungi are a small group of saprophytic fungi that have a unique way of reproducing. They belong to the family Nidulariaceae with the most common genera in New Zealand are Nidula, Cyathus, and Crucibulum.
What they look like
As their common name suggests they look like small bird’s nests complete with eggs. In fact, the nest is a splash cup which is light to dark brown or white on the outside and white, grey or brown on the inside, this depending on species. With smooth flaring sides between 4 to 10 mm in diameter and 6 to 20 mm in height, again depending on species Immature Bird Nest have a cap over the top of the splash cup to protect the eggs, which brakes away at maturity.
The eggs are small capsules known as peridioles which, contain the spores. These peridioles are lens shaped shiny white, black-grey or dark brown in colour.
Where they grow
As bird’s nest fungi are saprophytes and thus decomposers of organic material, they are found most often in New Zealand on decaying wood, small twigs, tree fern debris and sometimes on animal dung. In urban environments they often be found in sawdust, woodchip, or well enriched soil, and landscaping timber. They do no harm to living plants.
How The work
The Bird,s Nest fungi use the hydraulic pressure of water to disperse the peridioles. This is achieved by rainwater or water dripping off foliage above, dripping into the splash cup. This cup is the right shape and size that when the water hits the bottom of the cup it splashes out with enough force to disperse the peridioles up to a meter away. When the peridioles land on a solid object, like a leaf or twig they stick to it by one of two ways depending on the species.
The genera Nidularia and Nidula have sticky peridioles, while those in genera Cyathus and Crucibulum have a coiled cord with a sticky end, which initialy is attached to the splash cup. When the peridiole is splashed out the end of the coil snaps and gives the peridiole a 100 mm tail which catches on any stem or twig in its path and wraps the peridiole around it.
February 14th, 2006
©2003 Anne Marie Whelan
www.people.cornell.edu/pages/aw58/birdsnestbin.html
What method of composting is:
–free?*
–uses only natural materials that you have around?*
–blends into the environment most harmoniousl
The bird’s nest bin, also known as the binless bin, is a naturally constructed compost bin that you build out of the large, coarse plant materials that you have around the yard. Instead of throwing the big stalky stuff, like broccoli and kale plants, prunings from bushes, sunflower stalks, etc., into one pile together with the small, easy-to-degrade stuff like young weeds and kitchen food waste, they are separated so that the heavy-duty materials make up the walls and the finer materials are in the center. What a simple concept and how beautifully it works!
Without so much bulky material mixed in, the finer materials get to break down faster. The bin looks much neater than if everything is thrown together. Reminiscent of a bird’s nest, the binless bin blends naturally into the landscape with charm and character. No need to buy plastic bins or build other structures.
It’s easy to make a bird’s nest bin. Pound four stakes into the ground to make a square four to six feet wide. These will provide all the structural support you need. Within the square, lay a few stalks crisscross on top of each other on the ground. This will allow some air to come through the bottom of the pile and be drawn upward through the pile to enhance breakdown. Around the perimeter, lay down your coarse materials to make walls eight to ten inches thick: big weeds, spent vegetable plants and flowers, prunings from shrub or trees, edges of sod you’ve dug up, old hay if you’ve got an excess of it–whatever you’ve got around, that you want to get rid of.
The center of the pile is reserved for the small stuff and the rotten stuff. Add food waste from the kitchen, the little weeds from the garden, the rotten fruit found under the trees. Always remember to cover up any food waste so as not to invite animals. Try to have a supply on hand at all times of something, like weeds, leaves, wood chips, or straw, to layer in with your food scraps and cover it up. If you don’t have enough leaves of your own, there’s a plentiful supply every fall, when people kindly leave these bags full of the precious compost ingredient (and excellent mulching material, but that’s another story) on the curb.
Keep the walls higher than the center at all times, so nothing falls out. Once the bin is a few feet high, after a garden season, you can let it sit and start another. After a year or so the interior of the bin left sitting will become dark compost, unrecognizable in origin, ready to enrich your garden. The wall material will have only partially broken down and can be re-used for a new bin.
Eventually you might want to expand to a three-bin unit. The bin in the middle shares a wall with the other two. This way you can always have one bin sitting and ripening; another to add to, and the third for harvesting finished compost.
Try it and see the magic of composting for yourself!
Questions? Comments?
With thanks to the Master Composter Program of the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Tompkins County with funding from the Tompkins County Solid Waste Management Division
February 14th, 2006
www.investprofitbig.com/Ind-Sejarah.htm
Sup sarang burung Walet memang sudah terkenal di lingkungan orang-orang Chinese di seluruh dunia. Dengan menguatnya ekonomi di China, maka makin banyak penduduk yang lebih mampu dan kaya, dan kenyataan bahwa penjualan sarang burung Walet ke China pada saat ini tidak pernah mencukupi kebutuhan konsumen sehingga harga sarang burung walet di pasaran cenderung untuk terus menguat dan tidak ada tanda-tanda akan adanya penurunan harga dalam tahun-tahun mendatang. Alasan yang tepat, sehubungan dengan kenyataan bahwa burung Walet hanya hidup di iklim tropis. Terutama untuk Indonesia, sebagai salah satu penghasil sarang burung Walet terbesar di dunia, menyuplai sekitar 80% dari permintaan sarang burung Walet di dunia. Kami memulai pemeliharaan burung Walet ini pada tahun 1990 akan tetapi pada waktu itu hasilnya kurang memuaskan, disebabkan karena kurangnya pengalaman dan pengetahuan kami tentang cara hidup burung Walet serta cara-cara mempersiapkan gedung yang cocok untuk burung Walet. Pada waktu itu kami bekerja sama dengan pakar dalam bidang kewaletan tetapi masih juga belum ada hasil, sampai beberapa tahun belakangan ini kami cukup banyak mempelajari dan menyelidiki cara hidup burung Walet. Walet adalah burung liar dan tidak dapat diternakkan seperti ayam, bebek atau burung merpati. Dengan menggunakan pengalaman-pengalaman yang kami pupuk selama ini berikut dengan cara khusus membangun gedung yang disesuaikan dengan cara hidup Walet di tempat-tempat liar, bangunan kami dapat menarik Walet-walet liar untuk terbang masuk dan mulai bersarang dalam waktu 1 sampai 2 tahun. Bangunan kami yang dibangun pada tahun 1990 masih ada dan dapat ditinjau. Tahap pertama adalah mendapatkan lokasi yang tepat. Ini adalah keahlian kami untuk mencari jalur terbang yang dilewati oleh kelompok-kelompok burung Walet setiap pagi dan sore hari. Lokasi yang diharuskan adalah daerah yang penuh dengan serangga sebagai makanan Walet, misalnya dekat dengan hutan atau perkebunan. Selain dari pengaturan suhu dan kelembaban secara alami, misalnya dengan cara menambahkan sirkulasi air di dalam maupun di luar bangunan atau cara-cara lainnya, teknologi Audio yang modern untuk memperdengarkan suara dari rekaman suara burung- burung Walet dari dalam gedung juga sangat berguna. Sebagai penutup, dengan pengalaman-pengalaman yang kami peroleh selama ini, kami dapat mengatasi hal-hal yang dapat menyebabkan kegagalan, misalnya: memilih lokasi yang tepat, menempatkan posisi pintu masuk keluarnya burung Walet, serta cara-cara lain yang juga kami lakukan agar prosentasi keberhasilan bisa mencapai 90% atau setinggi-tingginya. Oleh karena itu kami ingin berbagi keuntungan dari pengalaman yang kami peroleh selama ini untuk menghasilkan uang sebanyak-banyaknya, menggunakan investasi yang tidak terlalu besar dengan keyakinan dan garansi kami. KEUNTUNGANNYA TIDAK PERNAH TERDUGA
February 13th, 2006
www.suaramerdeka.com/harian/0206/20/dar16.htm
PURWOREJO - Di balik menjamurnya usaha sarang burung walet di Purworejo ternyata belum diimbangi dengan perizinannya. Terlebih karena Perda tentang Pajak Pengusahaan Sarang Burung Walet tergolong baru karena ditetapkan DPRD pada 4 Mei lalu.
Misalnya tentang izin HO (izin lingkungan) belum banyak yang memiliki. Koordinator Unit Pelayanan Terpadu Satu Atap (UPTSA), Imam Prakoso, belum bisa memberikan data jumlah pengusaha walet yang telah memiliki izin HO. Lantaran inventarisasi pemberian izin HO dari semua usaha masih dikelompokkan menjadi satu. Jadi perlu waktu untuk memilah-milah.
Menurut Kepala Kantor Pengendalian Dampak Lingkungan, Ir Sayogo Yulianto, dari 111 usaha sarang burung walet saat ini kurang dari 10 yang sudah mengantongi izin HO. Sementara Kasubdin Cipta Karya, Ir Yuwanto, juga belum berhasil ditemui sehingga belum bisa diketahui kepemilikan izin mendirikan bangunan (IMB)-nya.
Diperoleh keterangan, sesuai perdanya, untuk membuka usaha sarang burung walet pertama-tama harus memiliki izin lokasi, disusul IMB, HO dan izin usaha.
Namun karena peraturannya masih baru, kemungkinan besar saat ini para pengusaha sarang burung walet hanya mengantongi IMB. “Itu pun rata-rata IMB-nya masih berupa rumah tinggal, belum walet,” kata anggota Komisi C DPRD Purworejo, Drs Zusron, kemarin.
Oleh karena itu, imbuh Zusron bersama Wakil Ketua Komisi A Drs H Banon Eko Susetyo MSi, akan dilakukan pemutihan perizinan bagi usaha sarang walet yang lama. Sedangkan untuk yang baru tidak akan diperbolehkan mendirikan di dalam kota. Ada pun tempat mengurusnya, izin usaha di Dinas Pertanian dan Kehutanan, IMB di Subdin Cipta Karya, sedangkan izin HO di UPTSA.
Melihat masih banyaknya pengusaha warang walet yang belum berizin, menurut Kepala Kantor Pengendalian Dampak Lingkungan, tidak lama lagi pengusahanya akan dikumpulkan dan dialog dengan Bupati. Hal itu merupakan bagian dari upaya preventif pengendalian perizinan serta kesesuaian lokasi rencana kegiatan. (yon-56)
February 13th, 2006
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