Customary Forest Conservation through Informal Knowledge System of Ammatowa Community

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Abstract This research is entitled Customary Forest Conservation through Informal Knowledge System of Ammatowa community. The objectives of this research are 1). To disclose Ammatowa and his community’s strategies in conserving its customary forest. 2). To reveal the sanctions given to the customary forest destroyers. 3). What kinds of informal knowledge systems are usually expressed in customary forest matters? Qualitative method is used in obtaining the data whereas the researcher herself had a role as a key instrument which has to master the field being researched and the preparation to come to the object of the research. The data of informal knowledge of customary forest were obtained through observation, recording, interview, and note-taking. Meanwhile, the result of the research indicates that the preservation or everlasting of the customary forest of Ammatowa community is caused by the strength of oral tradition. In this case, Informal Knowledge System expressed continuously from one generation to the next in the form Pasang Ri Kajang .

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