LOCAL WISDOM OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE IN NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (The Sasi Tradition at Haruku Village in Environmental Conservation)

Natural resource management is an important thing that should be done by the community for survival. However, in natural resource we should pay attention to the balance of nature in order to avoid degradation of the environment. In various parts of the world, environmental degradation is a global issue that is very troubling because the consequences have an impact on the reduction of natural resources, damage to ecosystems, the water level rise, climate change and others. Consciously of many ways in the management of natural resources has resulted in environmental damage, coupled with government policies that give permission without good supervision to entrepreneurs or private individuals in natural resource management adds a long list of environmental damage. On the other hand the tradition of natural resource management better have existed since time immemorial that in doing for generations by indigenous peoples. That local wisdom not only for environmental management at terrestrial but also at marine and coastal. In Haruku Village, Central Maluku, Indonesia, one of the traditions of natural resource management is known by Sasi tradition, a tradition in natural resource management which is famous to protect and preserve the environment. These traditions have been going on from generation to generation and remain on guard, even though there are trends of extinction due to the progress of time.