Pengelolaan Sumber Mata Air Berbasis Kearifan Lokal di Kabupaten Malaka

Abstract

Local wisdom is the values of local people in interacting with the natural environment, the place they occupied. It is not the same in place, time, and ethnicity according to adaptation with natural challenges and necessities of life. It adapts to the life-supporting such as water resources. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between the presence of vegetation, the type of local wisdom, and the implementation in conserving springs in Raiulun Village Malaka District. The results showed that there were 31 species of trees, poles, saplings, seedlings with 459 individuals around the spring. The highest importance value index (IVI) for GF trees was Syzygium cumini (205,37%) and the lowest of Acacia leucophloea (14,95%). The highest IVI for GF pole’s Tectona grandis (284,32%) and the lowest of Swietenia mahagoni (16,63%). The highest IVI for GF saplings was Tectona grandis (256,69%) and the lowest IVI was Annona muricata (8,18%). The highest IVI for GF seedlings was Tectona grandis (56,81%) and the lowest IVI was Areca catechu (11,59%). The Shannon Wiener Index is in the medium and the Evenness Index is in the high category. The people of Beibetok have ceremonies relate to conserve water, namely Konen, Fomata Fomalirin and Suma nain Mata Nain as well as customary prohibition and norms. Furthermore, the people of Beibetok used to plant Ficus benjamina, Swietenia mahagoni, Syzygium cumini and Areca catechu. Conservation of Webunuk springs involves the community with the local wisdom will maintain water sustainability now and in the future.