UTILIZATION OF ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND VILLAGE FORESTS IN REALIZING COMMUNITY WELFARE IN GALUNGAN VILLAGE, SAWAN DISTRICT, BULELENG
Dr. I Ketut Kasta Arya Wijaya, SH.M.Hum, Ni Luh Gede Purnamawati, SH.Mkn

WARMADEWA UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Bali, which is a tourist destination area, has a forest area of 132,528.23 hectares from 9 regencies /cities, the regency that has the most extensive forest area, namely Buleleng, (51,927.15 ha) then Jembarana (43,370.13 ha) and Karangasem (14,192.18) and Bangli covering an area of 9,341.28 ha. in Bali. The area of such a forest that if not controlled will continue to decrease both in quality and quality, so there must be efforts made in preserving and protecting the area of forest in Bali.
Data from the Bali Provincial Forestry Service in 2010, showed that of the still good forests covering an area of 56.06%, forests with thickets or shrubs by 25.55% and the rest in the form of critical or very vulnerable to empty forests was 18.39%. There are 3 factors that cause forest destruction in Bali, namely fires, illegal logging, and distorting. Forest fires in 2002 reached 544.19 ha- illegal logging 83.17 m3/year- and the dismantling reached 5,245.77 ha..
Indigenous Balinese people who still believe and believe in the values that apply in the community to maintain and protect the conservation of nature, including forests. The values that exist in the community are often called the value of local wisdom.

Indigenous Balinese peoples have a harmonious life attachment through the proximity of indigenous peoples to the environment has made every form of development activity still refer to their original values, norms, traditions, beliefs, and culture which then gives birth to a local wisdom that becomes the basis for forest management. Local wisdom is a guide that guides the behavior of indigenous peoples in the living system of their communities. The existence of local wisdom which contains a number of provisions is binding on the lives of indigenous peoples from generation to generation is the foundation that helps determine the direction of forest utilization.
Forests are natural resources that can provide benefits to the community because there is potential they contain both for production and services. One of the contributions of services is for tourist attractions that can be used as a source to improve the welfare of the community. So in the business of forests both as production and as services in its management pay attention to the values of local wisdom that exist in indigenous peoples.
One of the villages that utilizes forests as a source of life and livelihood in Buleleng Regency is Galungan Village, Galungan Village is a village in Sawan District, Buleleng Regency, Bali, located at an altitude of 1000m above sea level with natural resource capital (SDA) in the form of cool and still sustainable natural conditions accompanied by jogging facilities tracking waterfalls and trees that are hundreds of years old, which is the initial capital to develop as a tourist destination.
From the background description mentioned above, researchers will examine the use of village forests in Galungan Kecaamatan Sawan Village, Buleleng Regency which will lead to the development of ecotourism which has its own benefits compared to other villages.

Keywords: ENVIRONMENTALLY, FORESTS, COMMUNITY WELFARE

Topic: Law and Land and Environment