BIODIVERSITAS ISSN: 1412-033X Volume 18, Number 1, January 2017 E-ISSN: 2085-4722 Pages: 275-282 DOI: 10.13057/biodiv/d180136 Karangwangi people’s local knowledge of bamboo and its role: Implications for management of cultural keystone species RUHYAT PARTASASMITA1,2,3,♥, AZIFAH AN’AMILLAH1, JOHAN ISKANDAR1,2,3, ASEP ZAINAL MUTAQIN1,2, ANNISA1,2, NINING RATNINGSIH1,2 1Program Study of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjajaran. Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang 45363, West Java, Indonesia. Tel.: +62- 22-7797712, ♥email:
[email protected] 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, Universitas Padjajaran. Jl. Raya Bandung-Sumedang Km 21 Jatinangor, Sumedang 45363, West Java, Indonesia. 3Institute of Ecology (PPSDAL), Universitas Padjajaran. Jl. Sekeloa, Coblong, Bandung City 40134, West Java, Indonesia. Manuscript received: 21 April 2016. Revision accepted: 12 January 2017. Abstract. Partasasmita R, An’amillah A, Iskandar J, Mutaqin AZ, Annisa. 2017. Traditional knowledge of bamboo and its role in Karangwangi Village Cianjur, West Java: Implications for management of cultural keystone species. Biodiversitas 18: 275-282. Indonesia has a high diversity of bamboo, with more than 160 species can be found around the country. Nowadays, this plant is rarely planted around rural communities of West Java due to land use conversions and economic reasons. This research is to discuss traditional knowledge of local people of Karangwangi Village, Cianjur, West Java, Indonesia on diversity of bamboo and its role. The qualitative method was used in this study, while the data collection techniques, namely semi structure interview or deep interview and observation participant are applied.