Impacts and Efforts to Preserve Local Wisdom of the Bajo Tribe in the Conservation of Marine Resources in Wakatobi Regency, Southeast Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to analyze the impact of the local wisdom's non-sustainability on the life of Bajo Mola people and to analyze efforts to maintain the local wisdom of Bajo Mola tribe in conserving marine resources. The method in this research is descriptive qualitative with a case study approach. Data collection was carried out by involved observation, in-depth interviews with selected informants, and documentation. The data obtained were analyzed by steps, data reduction, data presentation, and verification. The results of this study indicate that the non-sustainability of local wisdom has an impact on the life of Bajo Mola tribe, the impact consists of negative impacts, including marine resources that are starting to become scarce, this is influenced by the exploitative attitude of the people who do not care about sustainable management of marine resources. Lack of public awareness of the conservation of marine resources, the community no longer cares about the rules and attitudes that have become a separate identity for Bajo Mola tribe in protecting and managing marine resources. Positive impacts, including the development of community settlements, Bajo tribe feel more comfortable living in concrete houses made of coral than living in wooden stilt houses, this is a wooden stilt house, prone to sea breezes because of its presence above sea water which is always facing the sea free. Efforts to maintain the local wisdom of Bajo tribe are by making efforts to inherit it from generation to generation, the true inheritance of local wisdom aims to preserve and increase the understanding of Bajo Mola people towards their local wisdom.