The Role of Local Ecological Knowledge of Loksado Dayak Society in the Turn-Back Cultivation System

Abstract

The negative impact of the green revolution provides valuable lessons for Indonesia to manage agriculture to be more environmentally friendly. The majority of the Laksado Dayak people work as farmers to implement environmentally friendly agriculture with a rotating system. This study aims to examine the role of local ecological knowledge of the Loksado Dayak community in shifting cultivation systems. This study uses an ethnographic approach with in-depth interviews with the Loksado Dayak community (especially farmers as research informants). The results showed the practice of shifting cultivation with a rotating system conducted by the Loksado Dayak community based on local ecological knowledge shows the values of conservation of the surrounding environment.