The successful development of bamboo forests in Bali can be built through the culture of the forest society inter preted by the local wisdom. This research was aimed: 1) to review the role of local wisdom in developing bamboo forests in Kintamani district, Bangli; 2) to review the role of bamboo forests in the society in Kintamani district, Bangli. This research used qualitative approach through deepopen-interview technique with a list of questions, observations and documentations. The 10 respondents were chosen pur posively with a snowball method. The results showed that: 1) the existence of local wisdom in the form of palemahan, which inter pret the knowledge, values, rules and customar y laws in the people, had regulated the behavior and relationship between human and environment in Kintamani, then also contributed in developing bamboo forests; 2) the development of bamboo forests gave positive contributions on the social aspect (absorbed the labor force to 403 HOK/ha/year), the economic aspect (increased the farmer's income to Rp 14.292.795/member/year), and the hydrological aspect (added 3 new water springs)).
Copyrights © 2016