2. Community Resource Management System
2.1. Agriculture System
Iningeladan is the principle in our resource management. In land clearing, the
Turugan concept is our practice especially in cultivating hill paddy. TheTurugan
concept is practised to ensure the soil fertility is always protected. A full cycle
of Turugan takes about 5-10 years to be restored.
In the Turugan concept, there are several names according to the cultivation
cycle. Umo refers to the hill paddy field when paddy is still cultivated while
Repah is used for when the field is no longer being cultivated with paddy.
Repah is usually grown into secondary forest and our community will plant
tapioca and vegetables. Once a Repah reaches five years (5), it will then be
called Nekakas. The time period for an area to be considered Nekakas is
between 5 to 10 years.
The Turugan area will be monitored (Mengakap) by the owner of the that
particular Turugan area. Mengakap is quite important to ensure there is no
encroachment and the condition of the plants in the Turugan is monitored.
To fulfil daily food needs, mixed agriculture is practised by the community. In
the same field, crops such as vegetables, tapioca and fruits area planted
together.
Normally the Turugan area is musikib among the community. Between the
areas, there are lulun (boundary) that are marked with fruit trees and Belian
wood (Eusideroxylon zwageri) as future reference.
2.2. Hunting and Forest Resouce Gathering
In general, when it comes to resource gathering our community only take
enough for our daily needs. For example, when fishing in the river, we only
take what food we need at that time and the rest will be given to our
neighbours.
In hunting activities, we also have rules to control how animals are hunted.
Our community has stipulated that only one animal can be hunted at a tima
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