Looting of timber in 1998 led to tens of hectares of critical land in the forest slopes of Mount Wilis, Nganjuk, East Java. This became a source of flood and landslide and the death of water resources and economic resources of society. However, thanks to hard work SUTAJI, disasters were driven back, and even verdant jungle.
In a period of approximately 10 years, at least 61 hectares of barren forest areas due to the euphoria of the lumberjacks went too far in the area of productive forest or protected forests have become overgrown again. In fact, tens of hectares of unirrigated land and the yard was transformed into productive land that serves as a buffer conservation forest existence.
Prosperity is not just any terlimpah for communities surrounding the forest, but flows away up to a radius of hundreds of kilometers along the river flow Widas and culminated in the Brantas River. It crossed half the area of East Java Province.
More than 40 water sources resulting from rescue activities of the forest. Water from these springs can irrigate thousands of hectares of rice fields in the vicinity. Water sources that also produces beautiful tourist travel water Roro Kuning whose beauty attracted tourists.
Environmental rescue effort was started by a farmer from the village of Bajulan, District Loceret, Nganjuk, the only elementary school mengenyam it. Without the help and just having a bit of science, he tried to stop forest clearing.
SUTAJI must deal directly with the forest that no other browser neighbors and his own brother. In the eyes SUTAJI, residents only victim of the lure of money and jobs promised by the bosses of wood from out of town.
Giving examples
SUTAJI sad when he imagined how the villagers if the forest area has been cleared? Not only lost jobs, their neighborhood immediately adjacent to the forest must have also been damaged by floods or landslides cliff.
Because of concerns that is, children of this village peasant guerrilla from one person to another, from one house to another to campaign for cessation of logging and wood boss coordinate expel residents who only utilize personnel and the public for their own stupidity.
SUTAJI initially received strong disapproval. He was ridiculed. "Is your son can be given to eat wood?" Said his uncle own greeting SUTAJI mimicked.
However, he did not give up. He actually tercambuk to speak on every occasion, from events in the rice fields until farmers gathered at the confluence of the village.
The result is not disappointing. Gradually people started waking consciousness. Without wanting to lose the incredible momentum moving, the real sample with SUTAJI replant forest containing bald.
Farmers who own life when it was still hard, willing to take time, effort and cost by providing thousands of plant seeds to be planted in the forest. There are teak trees, falcataria, Mindi, cloves, tamarind, mango, rambutan, and avocado.
In 2000, SUTAJI time to ask for help seeds to Perum Perhutani as forest managers. However, his request was rejected.
On the way back green forests, not all plants are planted SUTAJI maximum growth. Some of them even die. He was later realized that the need of knowledge about plants that are suitable for forest areas that are in Kediri Forest Unitary Pemangkuan it.
Improve welfare
Chairman of Farmers Group Sidodadi, Bajulan Village, this is then lobbied a number of government agencies that included the training of the plant. From that training, SUTAJI gain knowledge about the types of crops and cultivation methods in the forest area.
SUTAJI then asked the farmers to make rice cultivation system of terracing on the slopes of steep mountains to withstand a very heavy flow of water during the rainy season.
After saving the forest, the father of two children and then think how to improve the welfare of local forest communities that have no productive agricultural land. How, among others, by exploiting the forests for agriculture, without change, let alone destroy, the function of the forest itself.
For example, plant economically valuable plantations under the stands of the plant nucleus. They must carefully select the type of plants because not all of them can be developed under exposure to sunlight are less than 100 percent.
So far this is a plant that already produces coffee, cocoa, tubers porang, and essential tree. Plantation crop that's taken the community to support their families. While the result of forests into plantations owned Perum Perhutani.
In addition to farming, some people also get value-added economic value of tourism that relies on charm Roro Kuning forest and waterfall. There is a guard booth, street vendors, and other managing officers.
The opening of jobs for the community have prevented the exodus of young people looking for work to the big city, even overseas. Social welfare has increased, in which one views the indicator housing conditions and level of education of the children.
Like the forests should be preserved, the spirit to preserve the forests also need to be nurtured and passed on to younger generations. For this one issue, SUTAJI merintisnya through extension activities in schools.
By: Runik Sri Astuti
source: www.kompas.com
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