Policies and Local Wisdom of Conservation of Medicinal Plants of the Lintang Tribe of South Sumatra SA Zenitha 1, A Sukohar 2 , S. Adhan 3 , A. Yuniarti 3 , I Budiarty 4, Z Emalia 4, D Yulianti 5 , N Duadji 5, D Kagungan 5 , N Tresiana 5 , N Nurliawati 6
1 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gadjah Mada University, Indoneisa
2 Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Lampung, Indonesia
3 Department of Law , Faculty of Law, University of Lampung, Indonesia
4 Department of Development Economics, Faculty of Economic and Business University of Lampung, Indonesia
5 Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Politic, University of Lampung, Indonesia
6 Department of Public Administration, STIA LAN Bandung, Indonesia
Abstract
The study documents various local wisdom in conserving medicinal plant biodiversity and supporting government policies/programs related to conservation actions. The urgency of conserving medicinal plants (KTO) for the health sector is due to threats to sustainability, including habitat destruction, species rarity, and over-exploitation. The study introduces a collaborative strategy model for conservation behavior through strengthening local values, model policies, and government programs as a documented effective conservation strategy. The study is focused on mapping local medicinal plant species, local wisdom in conservation, and various policies, programs, and relationships between institutions in conservation. The study uses a descriptive qualitative method. Data is collected through documentation, interviews, and observation. The study found: 1) 13 local medicinal plants were processed for medicine using local knowledge and skills- 2) the conservation model used is changing pro-conservation behavior to conservation action, assistance by traditional leaders, battras using community group media, medicinal plant cultivation and recognition of success in healing illness through battra and local medicinal plant support- 3) Government policies and programs exist in the form of promotive, preventive, integration, education/appeal, cultivation self-care, coordination between sectors/institutions. The study contributes to strengthening the program to protect the biodiversity of medicinal plants in Indonesia.
Keywords: Policies, Local Wisdom, Biodiversity, medicinal plants, conservation
Topic: Topik B: Community partnership for biodiversity conservation
