Buku Cerita Anak Tentang Hutan Lingkungan Hidup
Buku Cerita Anak Tentang Hutan Lingkungan Hidup
Mei 2004
Ilustrasi/Illustration:
Anton Ario
Alih bahasa/Translater:
Ratna Sulastin
Michelle Wild
Editor:
Barita O. Manullang
Penyelaras Akhir:
Fachruddin Mangunjaya
Diterbitkan oleh:
Conservation International Indonesia
Jl. Pejaten Barat 16 A, Kemang
Jakarta 12550
Telp. 62-21-7883 8624/26
BUKU CERIT
A D
AN MEW
ARN
AI
CERITA
DAN
MEWARN
ARNAI
STORY AND COLOURING BOOK
Menyingkap Rahasia Kehidupan
Hutan Tropis
Unveiling the Secrets of Life
of the Tropical Rain Forest
Oleh/By :
Edy Hendras Wahyono
Conservation International
Indonesia
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A BEAUTIFUL MORNING
IN THE FOREST
SUASANA P
AGI Y
ANG CERAH
PAGI
YANG
DI HUT
AN PPKAB
HUTAN
The other animals did not want to be left out. The insects, monkeys, squirrels and other mammals that are
active during the day, start to come out from their homes
to look for food.
The atmosphere of the forest at Bodogol Conservation
Education Centre (BCEC), which lies in the Gunung
Gede Pangrango National Park is very bright this morning. It lies approximately 800 metres above sea level,
with temperatures around 250 C; it is therefore not too
cold. The cool temperature gives an atmosphere of freshness for all activities in the forest.
The surrounding forest of BCEC is a tropical montane
forest, making it an ideal place for a variety of life,
whether it is flora or fauna.
This morning, Moli, a cute Javan Gibbon Hylobates
MOLI'S FRIENDS
IN THE FOREST
KAWAN-KAWAN MOLI DI
HUT
AN
HUTAN
STRANGLING FIG
BERINGIN PENCEKIK
The life of the fig had started. At first this young growth
took food from the scats rotted on the branch of the
host tree. Its roots started to grow towards the soil.
Once they had reached the soil, the tree started to get
bigger. To support the trunk that grew bigger this fig
held on tightly to its host. It grew bigger and bigger.
Eventually the host tree was strangled and died.
"This is not the end of the fig's story," says Moli. Then
Moli tells the story on how the fig obtained extra food.
After the host tree died and rotted away, there was a
hollow left in the middle. Many forest animals use it for
shelter, such as bats, birds, reptiles and others used this
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hollow.
"There, the scats are a good fertiliser for the fig. Isn't it
clever!" exclaims Moli. Everyone is amazed by Moli's
story, especially the way Moli uses simple language that
is easy to understand.
Sometimes she uses body language that is interesting
and it makes the participants listen very carefully.
"Moli, how old do you think that fig is?" asks Telsi.
"I think it is more than 30 years old. Somewhere here
there are bigger figs. Inside each there is a hole which
is used by animals as their shelter," explains Moli.
"My family and I stay in one of them every night," says
Totol, the leopard.
"My friends and I also," says the bat.
"Okay, if there are no more questions, we can continue
our informative walk," urges Moli to her friends.
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MEDICINES
FROM THE FOREST
"Here, look at this climbing bamboo, it is usually called
Cangkore (Dinochloa scandens)," says Moli.
"Does this plant have any benefits, Moli?" asks Surili.
"Of course. The water from inside the bamboo can be
used as eye drops. If there is dirt in our eyes, or if our
eyes are sore, we cut part of the bamboo and then drop
the water into our eyes," says Moli.
"Who would like to try? Hey you, Piggy, your eyes are
red because of lack of sleep, please try it. Hopefully, it
will make your vision clear again," says Moli to Piggy
who is always rampaging at night.
"Come here, Moli" calls Fasi, the long-tailed macaque.
"What's the matter?" replies Moli.
"Look at this, what kind of plant is it? Why is the colour
different?"asksFasi.
"Looking from above the colour is lilac-blue. If we look
under, it is light green."
The friends touch the plant and look at the colour.
"Oh ... this is Paku Rane (Selaginella ciliari . Usually the
OBAT OBAT
AN DARI HUT
AN
OBATAN
HUTAN
"Nah lihat ini ada pohon bambu yang merambat, bahasa
lokal biasa di sebut Cangkore" kata Moli.
"Apa tumbuhan bambu ini ada manfaatnya Moli, " kata
Surili.
"Lho ada, air dari bambu ini dapat digunakan untuk
obat mata. Kalau kita kemasukan kotoran atau mata
kita sedang pedih, kita dapat memotong sebagian
batang bambunya, setelah itu airnya langsung kita
teteskan ke mata yang pedih" kata Moli. "Siapa mau
coba, hai kau piggy, kau ini matamu merah kurang tidur,
cobain. Mudah-mudahan akan membuat penglihatanmu jernih kembali" kata Moli kepada Piggy si babi
yang sering keluyuran malam.
"Moli, sini" panggil Fasi, si monyet ekor panjang.
"Ada apa" jawab Moli.
"Ini lihat, tumbuhan apa, koq warnanya lain lain. Dilihat
dari atas warnanya biru keunguan. Sedangkan kalau
dilihat dari samping hijau muda" tanya Fasi kepada Moli.
Semua teman Moli memperhatikan tumbuhan itu sambil
memegang dan memperhatikan warnanya.
"Ow ini namanya paku rane, biasanya daun yang
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"There are many other forest plants that are useful for
medication. ALAM KITA publishes a brochure especially
about medicinal plants. We can read it later at the Visitor Centre," says Moli, continuing the walk.
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FL
YING IN F
ANT
ASY
FLYING
FANT
ANTASY
Fifty metres before the Cat Walk or plate form, the area
for fantasising, everyone stops and Moli hands over
blindfoldstocovertheireyes.
"Okay, now please cover your eyes. Nobody peep, ok?"
Moli tells her friends.
"What are we going to do Moli?" asks Telsi.
"Calm down, the important thing is that you follow my
instructions. Now if you are ready, hold hands and walk
veryslowly.
The one at the back, hold hands with the friend in front,"
tells Moli once more. They walk in a line, as if they were
a train. Then they reach the Cat Walk and stand in a
row facing the forested green valley.
"Now you can imagine that you can fly like Telsi and his
friends. Are you flying?" asks Moli.
"Yes we are," they reply together.
"Look down at the green forest, so peaceful, beautiful,
just like emeralds strewn along the equator. Imagine you
can see there is a forest clearing and a forest fire is
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burning.
"It is so sad, isn't it?" says Moli. "See and imagine what
will happen when the rainy season arrives," says Moli
again.
"Floods, land-slides, erosion. Ah dear, look over there
a landslide has covered a village. A school flooded and
the children can no longer study," says Surili, as if the
adventure in the sky is a real one.
"Yes Moli, a pity, I understand what Surili has said, lots
of our friends would lose their homes and their foodsource" Telsi said.
"Oh no! They are burnt because they cannot run away
from the raging fire," explains Telsi, who flies daily, here
and there, across the sky.
"The adventure in the sky has ended, so please take off
your blindfold slowly and do not open your eyes yet,"
says Moli. "Now open your eyes."
"Woww . so beautiful" they all say.
"So what happens if this beautiful forest is damaged cut
down and burned down? As you have said before, there
would be a catastrophe for humans" says Moli. Then
Moli explains that this location is not only used for imagining, it is also used to observe animals such as the Javan
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FOOD SOURCE
FROM THE FOREST
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DETEKTIF HUT
AN
HUTAN
As they arrive at a large clearing, they stop for a second, resting, and some of them lean against a shade
that is built in the shape of an umbrella.
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It seems that the smart Mouse deer has found the most
similar items as the samples in Moli's white cloth. Moli
declares her the winner.
"Do you know the purpose of this game?" asks Moli.
"This is a game about knowing the plants around this
area," Moli says further.
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They all are quiet. They all look around left and right,
wondering what kind of fruit it is.
"Oo...I know, it's the salak or skin-snake fruit Salaca
edulis , but which one is the plant?" asks Pikus
Trachypithecus auratus , the leaf eating monkey, whilst
trying to find where the plant is.
"It's behind you, Pikus, the one with the leaves like rattan. It grows in a group forming a clump," explains
Moli. They approach a clump of wild salak plants which
grow very well in the middle of the area, while look for
thefruits-ifany.
"Apart from salak plants, there are a number of rattan
plants in here which are very useful to humans, for
household bric-a-brac and also for weaving," says Moli.
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TAP
AK T
AP
AK PENGHUNI
APAK
TAP
APAK
HUT
AN
HUTAN
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BEAUTIFUL SONG
NY
ANYIAN MERDU
NYANYIAN
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RUBBISHMODIFIER
PEROMBAK SAMP
AH
SAMPAH
"Careful, the trail is descending, don't play around" instructs Moli. Soon, Moli stops at a stump of a dead tree
that has a sign "Look for dead trees around you, you
will find the forest's decomposers working."
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JAV
AN GIBBONS THAT ARE
JAVAN
NEARL
YEXTINCT
NEARLY
OWA JAWA Y
ANG HAMPIR
YANG
PUNAH
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" Any of you have lifestyle like me" ask Moli to their
friends.
"We have difference life-style and behaviour, right" ask
Moli again.
"Yes" answer all of them.
"I live in a group, I have more than one wife" says Pikus.
"So do I" says Fasi.
"Therearemanydifferentlifestylesinthisworld. Although
we have different habits, we all have our own importance in this world. Do not allow these differences to
cause friction, but rather make us stronger. Agreed!"
yellsMoli.
"Okay Boss" they answer.
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MEMANDANG HUT
AN
HUTAN
DENGAN CERMIN
Sesampainya di pelataran, mereka pun beristirahat.
Semuanya diam termenung mendengar suara
gemerciknya air sungai yang jernih yang dapat membuat
damai dalam hidup ini.
Sambil beristirahat, sebagai interpreter, Moli tak mau
diam. Dia berceritera tentang sungai ini. Sungai ini
sepanjang tahun tak pernah kering walaupun terjadi
kemarau panjang. Bila musim hujan tiba airnya pun
tak pernah meluap.
Tahukah kalian mengapa hal ini terjadi? tanya Moli.
Tak ada suara yang menjawab. Karena saat hujan tiba
perakaran di dalam hutan seperti halnya spon, yang
menahan air. Air akan dikeluarkan setetes demi setetes,
sehingga membentuk mata air. Air hujan pun hanya
sekitar 40 % yang jatuh ke tanah, semuanya tertahan
oleh dedaunan. Maka dari itu hutan yang masih baik
dan terawat, jarang sekali terjadi bencana banjir di
hilirnya kata Moli.
Sambil menunggu kawan-kawannya istirahat, Moli
mengeluarkan beberapa cermin. Kawan-kawan Moli
tersenyum melihat perilaku Moli.
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"Moli, it's great that you have a game like this," they say,
impressed. Now and then they try the mirror game
again.
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VIEWING PLANTS
AT THE CROWN
BELAJAR TUMBUHAN DI AT
AS
ATAS
TAJUK
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They diligently look for any objects along the long trail.
There are fallen fruits, flowers and colourful leaves.
Sometimes they find insect wings with beautiful colours,
or they find bird feathers that have fallen and other
things. Moli walks in the front and now and then calls to
her friends who look so tired, such as fat Piggy.
"Piggy, come here, this is a pretty purple flower. Quick,
all of you come here!" says Moli.
Piggy quickly reaches Moli. Without realising it, they
have climbed the steep ascent while collecting various
objects along the trail.
They do not feel tired due to the excitement of finding
unique objects with beautiful colours and attaching them
to the white cardboard.
Arriving at an open space at the T-junction, they find
the itching "Pulus" tree.
"Now we can rest again but don't touch that tree! If the
tiredness has gone, I have some interesting stories to
tell you" says Moli.
While they rest, Moli explains the reason for of the game
toherfriends,whytheycollectedvariouscolourfulthings.
"This game shows that the forest is not merely green but
colourful, exactly as you see on that little piece of paper" says Moli.
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PERSAINGAN MEREBUT
CAHAY
A
CAHAYA
"Coba kalian perhatikan bukit yang ada disana itu" kata
Moli sambil menunjuk ke arah bukit yang menjulang di
depan mereka.
"Tumbuhan yang ada berwarna warni bukan. Ada yang
merah, hijau, hijau tua, coklat dan sebagainya" kata
Moli lagi.
Moli terus berceritera tentang stratifikasi hutan, yaitu
susunan pohon yang yang memiliki ketinggian berbeda.
Mereka akan selalu berusaha untuk mencapai ke
puncak, kalau bisa yang tertinggi. Karena mereka sangat
memerlukan cahaya matahari untuk melakukan proses
fotosintesa. Sehingga di dalam hutan akan selalu terjadi
persaingan untuk mendapatkan cahaya.
"Jadi mereka di dalam hutan juga terjadi persaingan
dalam hidup Moli" kata kubung, tupai terbang yang
asyik bersender pada pohon.
"Mereka bersaing untuk merebutkan cahaya, udara dan
makanan" kata Moli.
"Apakah dalam persaingan, pohon juga saling
membunuh" kata Totol.
"Betul. Tapi cara membunuhnya tidak dengan senjata
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PLAYING T
ARZAN
TARZAN
MAIN T
ARZAN
TARZAN
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Arriving at the Alam Kita Camp, they rest, then they eat
their food. When they have finished, Moli announces
that they are going to play a game
called the Web of Life.
They all gather in a circle, each representing their namesake as the forest dwellers, with some using names of
plants. Moli gets a big roll of thread as a tool to make
the Web of Life.
Semua berkumpul membuat sebuah lingkaran, masingmasing mewakili namanya sebagai penghuni hutan,
serta ada yang menggunakan ciri nama beberapa
tumbuhan. Moli membawa segolong benang besar
sebagai alat pembuat jaring kehidupan.
"Oke, dimulai dari saya sebagai Owa yang memakan
buah rambutan hutan" kata Moli dan kemudian
melemparkan ke arah Capung yang mewakili sebagai
rambutan.
Rambutan memakan kotoran Piggy, Piggy memakan
jagung, jagung memakan kotoran kancil, kancil
dimakan macan tutul, selain itu macan tutul memakan
rusa, rusa dimakan harimau, harimau mati ditembak
manusia, manusia dibunuh ular, ular dimakan elang.
Terus Moli melanjutkan arahannya. Elang mati,
kemudian busuk dimakan bakteri, bakteri menhasilkan
pupuk, pupuk dimakan tumbuhan ficus, ficus dimakan
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LETTERS TO FRIENDS
SURAT KEP
ADA KAWAN
KEPADA
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HSBC
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