Authors : Sulaeman and Muhammad Rijal
Abstract: 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.
Sulaeman and Muhammad Rijal, 2018. Environment Communication: Symbolic Meaning of Forest of Tribal Peoples of Naulu Central Moluccas. The Social Sciences, 13: 1006-1013.