Role of local wisdom community Dayak Kanayatn in the fire disaster prevention (forest fires for the opening of farming fields in West Kalimantan)

Abstract

Human activities in meeting their needs such as fulfillment of clothing, food and shelter require people to sacrifice what is around them, for example in agriculture, so people have to burn the forest. For Dayak tribes, forests are also commonly used for farming. So that the role of government and local communities is very important in maintaining the preservation of forest areas, for example by optimizing the role of local wisdom owned by the Kanayatn Dayak community, Bahuma Batahutn. Bahuma Batahutn is a wise way to manage the environment owned by the Kanayatn Dayak tribe. Forest management for daily life with a seasonal calendar system to be planted in the fields. Forest burning as part of land clearing is done in the right way and time so that it naturally does not cause disaster. During the forest burning process, involving many people (family or community) by keeping the points prone to burning and providing water to prevent forest fires.