Customs that are sourced from local traditions and knowledge offer alternative perspectives for solutions in environmental management, one of which is sustainable forest governance. Local knowledge contains about how to interact and use resources born of an adaptive process with nature and the environment which is transmitted orally and shared practice from generation to generation. This study discusses the role of the pawang uteun in using their cultural authority as a manifestation of Traditional Ecological Knowledge to respond to the increasingly complex forest governance in Aceh. This research is a literature review research, using library research method. Data obtained from several articles and books, which were analyzed using descriptive analysis techniques. From the results of the study, it is known that studies related to Pawang Uteun discuss more about the role of institutions, customary law and as Indatu Tradition but very minimally discuss the existence of Pawang Uteun from the perspective of local ecological knowledge and the ecological wisdom of Acehnese indigenous peoples as a solution in overcoming forest destruction. The Pawang Uteun is only seen as a traditional representation but ignores the Pawang Uteun as a manifestation of local knowledge about ecological wisdom. The diminishing role of the pawang utuen (delegation) is directly proportional to the high rate of clearing of forest land cover. Keywords: pawang uteun, ecological wisdom, local knowledge, sustainability.

Tourism development requires holistic and integrated planning between environmental, economic development and community empowerment aspects so that the pattern of development can be sustainable. In the literature on sustainable tourism development, at the conceptual and operational (practical) levels, the principles of sustainable development are adopted and used. The environmental problems are the result of economic development that ignores the involvement of local communities and becomes the main cause of the emergence of the sustainable tourism concept. Indonesia"s cultural and topographical diversity is the main reason why the government sets the direction and focus of Indonesia's tourism development in the future towards the "sustainable" policy. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to find out the use of nature and culture in sustainable tourism development. This research is a literature study with a descriptive-analytical research method. Researchers collected data from scientific journals, books, literature, and publications that are relevant to being a source of data for this research. The result of this literature review is that the concept of sustainable tourism demands harmony between the local, social and economic environment. Community empowerment is the key to sustainable tourism development.