KEARIFAN LOKAL MASYARAKAT DALAM MENGENDALIKAN API PADA AKTIVITAS LADANG BERPINDAH DI DESA PALA PULAU KECAMATAN PUTUSSIBAU UTARA KABUPATEN KAPUAS HULU
ABSTRACT: Local wisdom are any
form of knowledge, belief, understanding or insight and habits or ethics that
guide human behavior in life in an ecological community. This research was
conducted inthe village of Pala Island District of Putussibau North Kapuas Hulu
Regency. The study aims tofind out the form of local wisdom in the way of
choosing land, clearing land and controlling thefire in the activity of the
shifting cultivation. Factors measured in this study were: experience, age,
education and length of stay in the village of Pala Pulau District of
Putussibau NorthKapuas Hulu, the sample was taken by purposive sampling
technique. Primary data collection through direct interviews of 87 respondents
through questionnaires. Data were analyzed usingChi Square analysis. Local
knowledge and local ecological communities are still practiced bythe community,
in shifting cultivation activities such as land selection, land clearing and
fire control in the form of techniques, rituals and certain rules in practice,
this lesson is passed down from generation to generation to them. Villagers of
Pala Pulau are still dependent ontheir life by shifting cultivation for their
daily needs by utilizing the fertility of the land they areworking on.
Keywords: fire control, land,
local knowledge, Local wisdom, shifting cultivation
Penulis: Albertus Afendy,
Augustine Lumangkun, Togar Fernando Manurung
Kode Jurnal: jpkehutanandd170052
