Tri hita karana and natural resources

This study is an attempt to explore a way of nature preservation and protection and the relations between Tri Hita Karana, local wisdom and natural resources. In addition, explanations why local wisdom is related to sustainability of natural resources were sought by examining a number of intervening variables.

A survey of 250 Hindu Balinese at two different settings, Bali (BL) and Lombok (LB) was conducted. Questionnaires dealing with the concept of Tri Hita Karana: belief, tradition, rites and festivals, and environment changes are distributed at two different settings to school children, the youth and the old. The collected sense data are statistically (%) analyzed.

Data analysis results that the practice and implementation of Tri Hita Karana are closely related to the preservation and protection of the natural resources in these two different Islands. The data also reveal that the involvement of the children, the youth and the old in practicing and implementing the local wisdom especially, in Ogoh-ogoh parade indicate positive increase in number. Therefore, Tri Hita Karana seems to have been practiced and effective way to keep the environment in harmony and balance.

The data reported stemmed from two different settings and method of data analysis have been the limitation of the study.

Results of this study support the notion Tri Hita Karana and the precept think globally but, act locally proved true. Hopefully, these results would be of help for the local government to better understand the concepts and develop a way for the preservation and protection of the natural resources.

This is the first explorative study on Tri Hita Karana and natural resources in two different settings. The study offers significant information to Hindu Balinese and local government at two different Islands.