Ethnoecology of Mentawai on Utilization of Plants in Conservation Biodiversity in Siberut, West Sumatra

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10.2991/absr.k.200807.045How to use a DOI?

Keywords

conservation biodiversity, mentawai community, traditional land use, unit landscape

Abstract

Mentawai archipelago separated from Sumatra milions years ago. The utilization and management of landscape units of the Mentawai community in siberut, is strategies to maintain their survival. A large sea barrier promotes biodiversity differ from other areas include flora and fauna endemic. The observation was implemented to analyzing utilize of management landscape units and managing conservation biodiversity by local wisdom. The survey sites were in the villages of Bekemen, Sikabaluan and Sotboyak North Siberut, Mentawai Islands Regency, West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. We conducted the study from August- September 2019. Data were collected by observation, interview and literature study. The results showed the local community of North siberut divided the landscape into the 7 units, leleu (hutan), pumonean (agroforest), pusaguat (sago), pugettekat (taro), puberakat (rice fields), barasi (villages) and bat oinan (rivers). The composition of landscapes divided according to the local knowledge and the main sources of livelihood is in the field and forest. Land use in Mentawai islands has their own right of ground by some of Mentawai tribes. Traditional land use strategy by local community passed down from generation to generation and it we expected to maintain the diversity that exist in the landscape.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Fatimah Fatimah
AU  - Nisyawati
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/08/07
TI  - Ethnoecology of Mentawai on Utilization of Plants in Conservation Biodiversity in Siberut, West Sumatra
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biology, Sciences and Education (ICoBioSE 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 226
EP  - 229
SN  - 2468-5747
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/absr.k.200807.045
DO  - 10.2991/absr.k.200807.045
ID  - Fatimah2020
ER  -