Kearifan Lokal dan Ekonomi Masyarakat Wilayah KPH XII Tarutung

Abstract

Local knowledge is important for society in adapting to nature and becoming a cultural heritage, as well as in utilizing and managing natural resources with knowledge or ideas and cultural values contained in society. As the times progress, wisdom-based knowledge is often abandoned, the socio-cultural values that have been adhered to for a long time by rural communities are lost. The aim of this research is to obtain on the relationship between local wisdom and the community's economy. The stages of this research method are conducting field observations/measurements, literature studies, descriptive analysis and simple correlation tests, namely simultaneous tests (F) and partial tests (t). From the results of the descriptive analysis, it can be seen that local knowledge in forest management is Marsiapadapari; Manig; Marhontas; and Maragat. and the economic resources of the people of the Forest Management Unit XII Tarutung area are obtained from styrax benzoin dryand resin, pine resin and coffee. From the results of the F test and t test, it is known that there is no affect of local wisdom on the economy of the Forest Management Unit XII Tarutung community. The research find that local knowledge and the economic level of the community in the Forest Management Unit XII Tarutung area have no correlation. because the economy of the community has not changed after local knowledge has now begun to be correlation.