Permaculture Technology in Tropical Freshwater Swamp

Krisdianto, Slamat, Fahmi Anshari, Ika Oksi Susilawati
2020 IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environment  
Tropical freshwater swampy in Barito River Basin has not been often for study, mainly due to inaccessibility and the insect-borne diseases. Nevertheless, the swamp has been for living areas Banjarese for many centuries. The swampy not just for agriculture plantation or animal cultivation areas, but also for living areas. This research from 2017 -2019 aims to collect information about local people use green natural resources for sustainable uses and fluctuation of physical and chemical factors.
more » ... ata was collected from eleven villages within six regencies by interviewing about 600 people who work directlyfor using natural resources in agriculture, farming or plantation. Physico-chemical factors information is gathered by directly measuring or collecting from government agents. In conclusion, more than 70% of interviewees inform that their knowledge decent from their parents or grandparent who educate them and they also develop their skills practical by learning by doing and developing green natural technology for daily life and earn their income in extreme wetland environments both in monsoon. Excessive natural exploitation has shown as environmental degradation, such as reduce river water quality, increase in land erosion, flooding, lake or pond dystrophic, reducing number and diversity of water productivity, increase land conversion, and lower local income, finally tend to increase the number of local poor people. To respond to this situation, the locals adapt and increase resilience by creating or applying conditional technology, low input technology. These technologies were local creativity, simply made models, multifunctional, degradable and naturally friendly. Their local technology elucidates their ideas for conserving nature and sustainable use for their future. This research aims to find out the explanation about local environmentally sound technologies, which were developed and used in tropical freshwater swamp or wetland, such as tools for fishing, farming, or ranching. Material and Methods We provide equipment for measuring water quality, such as pH meter, Conductivity meter, thermometer, for conforming to the locals' explanation about their environment. We bring a Canon digital camera, voice recorder and GPS, and worksheet for taking notes on quantitative data. We hire a motorized canoe, "ketinting" and speedboat, and also using public boat, "kelotok" to meet and visit people in their daily activities such as fishing, shepherd the buffalo, mowing the grass, work in the plantation. Our field survey in 2018 involved participatory observation and intensive discussions with 30 farmers. Observation to local daily activities has been conducted by visiting them in their villages, workplace, and also their working groups, personal and group interview, and also made for forum group discussion, which involves several experts from different disciplines of knowledge and it has been started from 2017 to 2019, collecting data by evidence-based approach [1]. The utility and value of systematic review and the evidence-based approach is well established in the medical and public health sectors [2]; [3] and is now widely recognized in other research disciplines, including conservation and environmental management [4]; [5]; [6] . Interview data were collected, grouped and analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively with several times reconfirmation for validity and value of the benefit for local people. Discussion and questioning group members, and visiting workshop, confirmation to stakeholders about what they have been done. We expect that the result shows the local use traditional approaches and based on adaptive learning strategy, and being able to handle natural and technological management for increasing benefits, such as explained by [7] . Result There are three kind of river fishes, common carp (Cyprinus carpio), knife fish (Notopterus chitala), Mango fish, Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) and three swampy fishes, such as Climbing perch (Anabas testudineus), snakehead murrel fish (Channa striata) and toman (Channa micropeltes) with different size. These fishes are very famous for commercial consumption and fat dietary. People booth catching directly from nature and also growing the seeds in the aquaculture system for economic reasons. Production from nature is not less dan 20 -50 tons per season and selling price about US $ 5 -10 per kilogram.
doi:10.1088/1755-1315/499/1/012018 fatcat:nusstcsqo5d2biuvvygkbkxi4q