The Local Wisdom to Sustainable Forest Management of Indigenous People in East Kalimantan: Local Action toward Global Solution

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to describe how local wisdom influencing the indigenous people behavior to sustain the forest resources, what makes local wisdom able to influencing indigenous people to sustain the forest resources and what does the indigenous people in East Kalimantan province needs in order make them continue to conserve forest resources as an effort to maximize their strategic role in sustainable forest management. Based on the research result of the data shown that local wisdom can influence the behavior of indigenous people because for them, forests are the storehouses of life, the nature damage could resulting negative consequences for the people themselves. The local wisdom form is customary law and, has forcing characteristic, which is sanctions received in case of violation, so its able to makes them behaving to conserve the forest resources. Then, the indigenous people needs fully support from various parties, especially from the local governments such as infrastructure, in order to make them keep continue to conserve the forest resources.

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Rinda Sandayani Karhab, Djoko Setyadi

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Rinda Sandayani Karhab, Djoko Setyadi (2017). The Local Wisdom to Sustainable Forest Management of Indigenous People in East Kalimantan: Local Action toward Global Solution. International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 6(6), 69-72. https://europub.co.uk./articles/-A-405447