Open AccessLocal Knowledge of North Sumatera Coastal Communities on Sustainable Mangroves Identification and Types
Author(s) -
Farid Aulia,
Badaruddin Badaruddin,
R. Hamdani Harahap,
Budi Utomo
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
xi'nan jiaotong daxue xuebao
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 21
ISSN - 0258-2724
DOI - 10.35741/issn.0258-2724.55.3.45
Subject(s) - mangrove , geography , vegetation (pathology) , mangrove ecosystem , ecology , unit (ring theory) , environmental resource management , agroforestry , forestry , environmental science , biology , medicine , mathematics education , mathematics , pathology
This study aims to identify local community knowledge of mangrove ecosystems and to analyze mangrove utilization in accordance with local community knowledge. The authors utilized a descriptive qualitative method using the cultural ecology approach by Steward as a unit of analysis. In this study, knowledge refers to the ability to identify the amount and type of mangrove vegetation that has been handed down to residents for generations in different cultural forms. Communities in Jaring Halus mention plant vegetation in two broad categories, namely wood and staples. “Wood” and “staples” are the local terms used by residents of Jaring Halus Village to refer to all plants, regardless of whether they produce fruit for harvest. The diversity of community knowledge in Nagalawan Village regarding mangrove vegetation is slightly different from what is owned by the community in Jaring Halus Village. Mangroves are plants that can not live single because of its function as a ocean waves. Therefore, in one mangrove area, at least four types of plants will typically be found. This condition is a direct result of extensive deforestation in the mangrove areas of Sei Nagalawan Village.