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The 4 Educational Science International Conference
Towards a Sustainable Future of Education: Preparing Teachers and Prospective Teachers for the Digital Age

EDPHI-07

Pesut Mahakam Conservation in Pela Village as a Learning Center
for Historical Ecology of Tropical Rain Forests

Muhammad Ma’rifat Nur, Muhammad Azmi, Sainal A
Mulawarman University, Samarinda, Indonesia
marifatnurm@gmail.com

Abstract

This study aims to explain the conservation of the Pesut Mahakam in Pela Village including
the development of conservation and protection rules, In-Situ conservation carried out by the
RASI institution and the impact of conservation in Pela Village. This study uses a qualitative
approach with data collection techniques in the form of interviews and observations. The
results showed that the beginning of Pesut Mahakam conservation was due to the aspiration of
the governor of DKI Jakarta, Ali Sadikin, to build an Ocean Arena in the Ancol area and
inaugurated in 1974 in Jakarta as a means of education and preservation of Indonesia's
maritime wealth. However, the ex-situ conservation carried out by the Ancol arena was
stopped due to the drastic decline of the Pesut Mahakam population and the enactment of a
law that protects the Pesut Mahakam, so that Ex-Situ conservation (out-of-habitat
conservation) is no longer allowed in Jakarta. In 2000, an In-Situ Conservation (conservation
within the habitat) was formed called the RASI Foundation. This conservation has an impact
in the economic, social, political, cultural and educational fields until now for the people of
Pela Village.

Keywords: Pesut Mahakam, Pela Village, Historical Ecology, Conservation

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