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Received: 2019-05-18
Accepted: 2021-07-10
Keywords:
Dayak; forest;
local wisdom;
sustainability;
sacred area.
Abstract. The function of forests for Dayak people is not only to fulfill the needs of life but also related to the ancient belief to preserve natural resources. The study aims to analyze the traditional model of protecting the conservation area by applying surveys and in-depth interviews. In this particular case study, a set of values - batang garing (tree of life), belom bahadat (living compliant with customary law), pali (taboo) ,manyanggar (asking the consent of the ancestor),memapas lewu (brushing the village) - central to the Dayak Ngaju people, the indigenous population in Central Kalimantan, become contested in the course of the economic and development project. Adherence to these central values creates movement to prevent damage to indigenous people's natural resources under the tag "Manyalamat Petak Danum" (Saving our TO "Manyalamat Petak Danum" (Saving our Homeland)
Sustainability, understood as everything related to preserving resources for future generations, is one of current society's significant concerns worldwide, making the issues are debated in summits and conferences to find the best ways to alleviate the current situation (Araujo et al. 2018).
In Indonesia, the sustainability trends enter rural regions due to the country's commitment to The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), which is to be achieved through several mitigations including sustainable peatland management; reducing the rate of deforestation and land degradation; and developing carbon sequestration projects in forestry and agriculture (Rajiani & Kot, 2018). In Kalimantan, one of the biggest Islands, the amount of wilderness is 126,200 km2 that must be preserved and conserved to reduce carbon emissions and global warming. Likewise, the availability of peatland is 3,010,640 ha or 52.18% of the total peatland in Kalimantan, attracting the world's attention to Indonesia's importance to save the earth due to climate change. Uniquely, within the forest area, there are sacred forest areas called pahewan (Lounela, 2020). Currently, the existence of pahewan is threatened by plantation, mining and forest concession investments. This because, alike elsewhere in Southeast Asia, economic strategies and land utilization model of forest interface in Kalimantan have intensively increased as the result of interactions with international markets accompanied with a dual economy track at a regional level in providing for...