Place-Based Approach to Landscape Planning for Conservation of the Baduy Dalam Cultural Landscape

Abstract

The Baduy tribe is one of the Sundanese indigenous groups who still adhere to the customs of their ancestors, their life is dedicated to fulfilling the mandate of their ancestors in maintaining the balance and harmony of the universe. Development activities, locally and global climate change pose a threat to traditional tribes, such as the Baduy as well. These issues need to be solved through a study conducted by identifying various problems and threats to the Baduy Dalam and providing solutions in the form of a landscape plan. Landscape planning was developed through a place-based approach, in this approach a place is a unit of analysis containing the unique characteristics and local values that shape it. This research was carried out through the stages of preparation, inventory, analysis, synthesis, to create a landscape plan. Place units were analyzed through bioregional analysis by classifying landscapes hierarchically into three bioregional units, namely bioregion units, landscape units, and place units. The results of the classification and bioregional analysis of the Baduy Dalam landscape can be classified into 103 place units. Evaluation was carried out on each site unit based on threats and problems for each unit. The main issues found in the Baduy Dalam landscape is the limited availability of agricultural land resources (huma) which are used on a rotational basis, which has implications for decreasing land fertility. On the other hand, the population growth rate is quite high which requires increased demand for agricultural production land. The solution to these problems is realized in the form of a landscape plan which was developed based on the concept of spatial division by balancing the utilization area of land for productive use (huma, jami, reuma) in order to be able to meet the demands of the population for agricultural production land. Landscape plan was implemented in spatial plans (zoning), circulation plans, and vegetation plans.