Judul: Perspektif Kearifan Tempat Penting Suku Malind sebagai Arahan dalam Penyusunan Rencana Detil Tata Ruang Wilayah Kabupaten Merauke
Abstrak: Malind Tribal Community in Merauke Regency since a long time ago has maintained life balance with nature through local wisdom living and it has been held strongly in Merauke Regency. Since the enactment of Regency Land Use Plan (RTRWK) in 2011, Merauke has entered a new phase in the spatial planning, especially with the addition of cultural heritage from the result of important space identification of Malind Tribe indigenous community then called as the important sites. With the presence of large-scale forestry and plantation investment through Merauke Integrated Food and Energy Estate (MIFEE), there have been many problems arising at the field level when it is going to be conducted activities to obtain permits and land clearing. Many important sites of Malind tribe that have been also cleared and not considered important. This study aims to (1) identify, describe and map the important sites of Malind tribe, (2) analyze the land cover change before and after the Land Use Plan of Merauke Regency is set and how far that spatial patterns notice the existence of important sites of Malind tribe, (3) analyze opinions and assessments of several parties to the spatial use and control in Merauke Regency land use policy, (4) formulate inputs in form of referrals in the preparation of detailed land use plans of Merauke Regency accommodating wisdom values of the Malind tribe important sites. The meaning and views identifications concerning the important sites were traced using in-depth interviews with a snowball technique of key figures and those selected to have indigenous knowledge in the sub tribe level and clans in the village level. The land cover was obtained by ETM 5 and ETM 7 satellite image interpretation for two year points, they were 2000 and 2012, that was the land cover data before and after the regional space were set. The analysis covering opinions and views in form of perception of the parties was obtained by having interviews and Focus Group Discussion (FGD). Results summarizing was conducted to formulate appropriate policy direction in providing solutions for stakeholders in the preparation and implementation of detailed scale land use plans that accommodate the important sites. Based on the results of extracting and identification, the important sites have two meanings: First, the meaning of self identity covering areas or locations closely associated to the creation story or mythology of Malind tribe that is made sacred. Second, the meaning related to a place as a fulfillment of daily lives such as game animals, sago hamlets producing plant foods, kumbili and bananas garden, swamps to get fishes, medicinal plants, and for rituals. There are eight important sites, namely: ancestral journey or Dema Kay and ancestral stopover or Demadap Mir, Dema Say or mythology place, ancestral graves or Amayen Sai, Ritual Place or Pungga Sai, Sago Hamlet or Dah Nanggaz, water sources or Awamdka, Hunting Forest or Aweawe sai, the preservation of indigenous or Pungga Sai. The important sites area of 126.754 ha or approximately 36.35% of the total area of all villages of 348.660 hectares as the result of identification in 4 villages namely
Keyword: Local Wisdom, Important Sites, Land Use, Land Use Plan, Detailed Plan