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Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand

Learning  lesson  from  Candirejo  Project in  2011-2012,  the  Youth  Organisation  has  a  significant  role  in  order  to  manage  the  local  biodiversity  resource  management.  This  organisation  is  backed  up  by  local  government  and  local  leader  both  formal  and  informal  leader.  The  objective  is  to  educate  local  community  what  i s   lake  about  and  i t s  biodiversity.  There  is  information  about  physical,  biological  and  social  culture  relate  to Winong  lake  information.  • A c t i v i t i e s   Organised  by  Local  Government  Village: - Preparation  of  Village  Forest  Area  of  65.044  ha - Establishment  of  Community  Forests  Area:  796.6242  ha - Establishment  of  Protected  Forest  in  the  Sacred  Lake  Conservation  Area  in  Padukuhan  (sub  village) Wareng  area  of  4.2  ha - Establishment  of  Forest  Preserve  in  Lake  Conservation  Area  - Construction  of  the  clean  water  problem solving - Forest  Conservation  Reserve  on  the  ground  SG,  Padukuhan Wareng - Establishment  of  Horticultural  Crops  Plantation  area  of  Organic  Onion - Food  Security  Program  Lumbung  Household  Formation - Biodiversity  Conservation - Greening  the  environment  of  the  lake  • C o n s e r v a t i o n   in  Local   Be l i e f  Perception  The  concept  of  conservation  of  Local  community  cannot  be  separated  from  the  story  of  the  (wayang)  puppet  story  as  a  symbol  of  knowledge  of  the  Java  community  to  its  environment.  In  adapting  to  its  environment,  the  Java  community  develops  ideas  which  refers  to  the  balance,  synchronization,  harmony,  and  unity.  About  the  climate  environment,  the  Java  community  divides  the  climate  into  four  seasons,  and  each  season  is  given  symbol  or  symbols  of  Pancamahabhuta  elements  according  to  their  natural  phenomena,  namely  rendheng  with  symbol  of  Tirta  (water),  and  Labuh  with  symbol  of  agni  (fire),  katiga  with  symbol  of  Maruta  (wind),  and  Mareng  with  symbol  of  Bantala  (ground).  The  above  description  shows  that  the  human  being  is  so  close  to  the  universe;  so  the  human  and  the  universe  is  a  unity.  Java  community  sees  that  the  human  (society),  nature  (the  world),  and  a  supernatural  realm  is  not  the  three  areas  of  relatively  stand-alone  and  each  has  its  own  law,  but  is  a  unity.  It  can  be  connected  with  Koentjaraningrat  opinion  that:  According  to  Agami  Jawa  conception,  God  is  a  whole  in  the natural  world,  which  is  denoted  by  a  God  creature  so  small  that  every  time  can  be  entered  into  the  hearts  of  people;  but  God  as  lake  as  big  and  broad  as  the  ocean,  endless  and  stems  like  space,  and  consists  of  all  the  colors  in  the  world.  That  is  the  view  that  is  ‘pantheistis’  in  Java  community  about  God.  According  Zoetmulder,  pantheistis  view  is  that  “everything  is  God”  and  “everything  to  the  Lord”. • Linking  Conservation  to  local  Beliefs  and  cultural  stories The  existing  beliefs  and  cultural  stories held  within  Java  Society  based  on  the  “Wayang”  puppet  story  in  which  seasons  and  natural  events  feature  strongly  and  remind  people  of  Tirta  (water),  fire  (agni),  wind  (Moruta)  and  earth  or  ground  (Bantala)  remind local  people  of  their  unity  with  society  and  nature.  All  these  beliefs  have  their  contribution to  make  to  modern  biodiversity  conservation. CONCLUSIONS The  Gunungkidul  Strategic  Assessment  builds  on  two  main  conservation  strategies: 1)  Environmental  Conservation  Efforts  by  all  Proceedings  of  the  International  Conference  on  Climate  Change,  Biodiversity  and  Ecosystem  Services  for  the 105 Sustainable  Development  Goals  (SDGs):  Policy  and  Practice  27-29  June  2016,  Cha-am,  Phetchaburi,  Thailand


Proceedings of International Conference on Climate Change, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services for the Sustainable Development Goals : Policy and Practice 27-29 June 2016 at the Sirindhorn International Environmental Park, Cha-am, Phetchaburi, Thailand
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