Open AccessKAJIAN ETNOBOTANI PERUBAHAN FUNGSI LAHAN, SOSIAL DAN INISIATIF KONSERVASI MASYARAKAT PULAU ENGGANO
Author(s) -
Mohammad Fathi Royyani,
Vera Budi Lestari,
Oscar Efendy
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
berita biologi/berita biologi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2337-8751
pISSN - 0126-1754
DOI - 10.14203/beritabiologi.v16i3.2241
Subject(s) - participatory rural appraisal , citizen journalism , geography , value (mathematics) , perspective (graphical) , land use , ethnobotany , socioeconomics , sociology , agroforestry , political science , archaeology , agriculture , ecology , environmental science , medicinal plants , machine learning , artificial intelligence , computer science , law , biology
This research aims to see the land use change within ethnobotanical perspective. According to observation, interview, and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) it was known that land in Enggano Island have been changed, even the sacred forest transformed, into kebun/garden and ladang/field. The changes of land use was related with demography, economic, and socio-cultural changes in society. Social change affected the species that were planted by the community. The species with a high economic value and a quick harvest and did not need extra treatment planted by local people to replace the previous plants. The other impact that arises is the exixtence of local initiative to restore areas that should functioned as a forest.