Dollars earned from Preserving Insects?

Suhendra - detikFinanceJakarta - The diversity of insects in the Indonesia recorded one of the largest in the world along with Brazil Latin countries. This natural wealth can be harnessed into an attractive and promising business as long as it is done by signs the law.

Muchamad Chatim Magfur apparently keen to see this opportunity.1998 crisis, then it makes Chatim encouraged to build a business breeding of insects such as butterflies and beetles live for export to Japan, Taiwan and Korea.
Along the passage of time, he finally turned a new creation by developing insect preservation products as souvenir products.Kind of all kinds, ranging from key chains, ornaments to frame insects beetles and butterflies worth tens of millions of dollars.
"At first I used to just play on live insects for export to Japan, many insects are dead, we finally make for a souvenir. I started in 1998 for live insects, insect souvenir just three years," explains Chatim to detikFinance on Monday (12 / 7 / 2011).
He says running a business gift preservation of insects must obtain permission from the Ministry of Forestry in the field of conservation.Understandably, most insects are preserved is a protected species of high value as long as it is obtained from the breeding process or not from the wild. The supply of insect he gained from his own captivity to captive butterfly in Maros South Sulawesi.
Chatim admitted he was now more focused work on the preservation of insects rather than exporting businesses alive. At least he has made 16 items of products consisting of various types of insects such as butterflies, beetles horn, dragonflies, centipedes, scorpions and others.
According to the souvenir processed into value-added of its products can be increased up to 5-fold. Although there are certain insects that are even more expensive when sold alive.
"What's interesting about this business is unique, not many people play, the market is still open, this unique market. Indeed, if we do not understand we can not sale. There are also scientific elements, for example about the species of insects many people who do not know, but this from all over Indonesia, "he said
The product that he sold ranging from Rp 10,000 to the type of key ring up a rare insect species worth USD 25-30 million in the market. The buyer is generally an insect collector in the City of Sunrise.
Even for insects butterfly species unique and rare, until there is valued at up to hundreds of millions of dollars. Chatim also claim to stick to the principle of conservation of the rule of law, that the insects must be obtained from the process penanggakaran not from the wild.
"The consumers were asked for a certificate in foreign countries especially from European buyers, this is a matter of international perjaniian related insect species are protected," he said.
Chatim said product segment preservation souvenir of this insect is more in demand by export markets. Although the domestic market demand is quite high.
"Especially for the Japanese people have a culture from the first that found the Japanese beetles, they create a collection like butterflies, for the sake of satisfaction. For the local market is not optimal," he said.
During this time, depending suvenirnya Chatim produce market demand. He and 12 employees are now being harvested due to seasonal demand in May to July there is a high order, especially from the export market.
For example for the production of ornate insect keychains manufactured 1000-2000 units per month, this is outside of other products. He calculated its business turnover from the domestic market demand alone reached Rp 20-30 million per month.
"It's out of export demand. If the export, the numbers are uncertain, until hundreds of millions all exports," he said.
Dikatakanny, a souvenir product demand is relatively stable preservation of insects. To continue to grow, he also developed a diversified products such as souvenir T-shirts berlukiskan beautiful insects.
"Now multiply insects also influenced global climate," he said.
Dahlia Insects SouvenirMuchamad Chatim Magfur
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Insect Museum Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, East Jakarta.Email: chatim2007@yahoo.co.id
source: detik.com

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