Environmental preservation and sustainability of natural resources through traditional adat value (Study case Kampung Naga, West Jawa)

Abstract

Abstract Technological, social, and cultural developments are gradually becoming more complex and transforms, which is give implications in various systems, such as economics, social, and political. That implication not only brings benefits but also harms the environment. In the pressure of that development, traditional adat values, and the uniqueness of local culture in Indonesia bring another perspective of the environment. This study will discuss conservation studies carried out by the people of Kampung Naga in Tasikmalaya, West Java, from environmental preservation and the sustainability of natural resources as a form of local wisdom implementation. From that local perspective, there are other ecological guidelines can utilize in term of sustainable natural resources. Ecological guidelines should require specific information for their use, should include precise instructions that can be followed and corporation with socio-economic restrictions on the conservation of biodiversity. Through the local culture and traditional adat values, ecological guidelines can bring environmental preservation and natural resource sustainability.