Open AccessThe Event of Forest Fire in Indonesia in the Perfective Environmental Ethics Anthropocentrism
Author(s) -
Suharto Suharto,
Eddiwan Kamaruddin,
Husni Thamrin
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
urban studies and public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2576-1994
pISSN - 2576-1986
DOI - 10.22158/uspa.v1n1p122
Subject(s) - anthropocentrism , government (linguistics) , illegal logging , forestry , environmental protection , environmental resource management , geography , political science , environmental science , law , logging , philosophy , linguistics
This study aims to analyze forest fires in Indonesia in terms of anthropocentric environmental ethics perspectives. The method used is the method of observation, and the primary data can be by interviewing the people who live in the location of forest fires in Riau province, and the perpetrators of illegal logging, and companies that use the forest. While the secondary data obtained from statistical data, and from the Riau provincial government, and then the data is analyzed descriptively. In the perspective of the environmental ethics of anthropocentrism, the forest is an invaluable resource (biodiversity as a source of germplasm, timber and non-timber forest products, the water regulator, flood prevention and erosion and soil fertility) whose utilization and protection should be regulated accordingly with relevant and applicable laws and government regulations. Events of forest fires are one form of human action that is contrary to the principles of environmental ethics, resulting in large casualties and losses. In fact, in anthropocentrism more emphasis on the human interest that has led to human behaviour that tends to damage nature.