Raising the Value of Local Wisdom “Ro’a Dun Kare Taden” in Sikka Regency as a Learning Material for Students in Elementary School

The world today is experiencing a very crucial impact of global warming. During the last century or so, the earth's temperature has increased quite significantly with an average temperature ranging from 0.74 ± 0.18 ° C. The negative impact of prolonged global warming has prompted humans to carry out campaigns to save the environment, including reducing greenhouse gas emissions, eradicating plastic waste, and returning to local wisdom in managing natural resources. The local wisdom of the Sikka people, Ro'a Dun Kare Taden is one of the ancestral legacies of the Sikka community, which invites everyone to keep the forest as the lungs of the world. The purpose of this research is to raise the traditions and values of local wisdom Ro'a Dun Kare Taden in the Sikka community as a learning resource for elementary school students, especially to provide a foundation for understanding the importance of preserving the forest environment as the lungs of the world. The research method used is descriptive qualitative method using data collection techniques from the results of observations, interviews and documentation studies. The results showed that learning the introduction of the natural environment and its preservation efforts by promoting local wisdom values such as Ro'a Dun Kare Taden had a positive impact on students' learning motivation and their love for the environment.