| Summary: | Kaliwu is an indigenous agroforest model in Sumba island as a alternative
solution facing the environmental degradation pressure which indicated with the
degraded land rate of 6,000 ha/year. This research aimed to identify: (1) the
characteristics of biophysical and social environment of Kaliwu as a communitybased
natural resource management, (2) the role of Kaliwu management in
supporting the conservational function of natural resources, (3) the role of Kaliwu
on community revenue, (4) the potentials of Kaliwu management in supporting
environmental conservation, and (5) the mutual-influencing correlation between
the forming and formed component of Kaliwu management.
Conducted in Sumba Tengah district, the research based on system
approach to study the mutual-interactive correlation between bio-physical and
social environment factors and its outputs. The research method included
observation
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