TY  - JOUR
T1  - Environment Communication: Symbolic Meaning of Forest of
Tribal Peoples of Naulu Central Moluccas
AU - , Sulaeman AU - Rijal, Muhammad 
JO  - The Social Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 5
SP  - 1006
EP  - 1013
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1818-5800
DO  - sscience.2018.1006.1013
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2018.1006.1013
KW  - Environment communications
KW  -symbolic forest
KW  -symbolic interaction
KW  -public
KW  -identity
KW  -forests
AB  - Forests are an integral part of the socio culture and economic aspects in the lives of indigenous
peoples of Naulu tribe, especially at the community of negeri administrative Nua Nea located in the Northern
part of Seram Island and Negeri Sepa, located in the Southern part of Seram Island. Both negeri are located in
the Amahai District of Central Moluccas, Moluccas Province. Negeri administrative Nua Nea is only one village,
Negeri Sepa has Kampung Bonara, Watane, Hahuwalan, Simalauw and Rohua. They embraced the teachings
of Hinduism, Christianity and Naulu (animism), settled in the coastal region in the range of forests and
mountains. This study is based on an approach of ethnoecology communication regarding to the environmental
communications at the community forest. This study focuses on the communication processes of environmental
community in seeing the forests as a source of livelihood. This study shows that people carry out a symbol
construction process of forest which was then considered to have a special meaning, the meaning of
identity and the meaning of well-being as a source of livelihood. All these meanings do not happen by itself
but there is a process of public communication in sensing their environment in particular the existence of
forests.
ER  -