Representation of mangroves in the Irarutu community

Abstract

The ecological revitalization described in the section relates to the mangrove ecological environment, which will be presented more specifically to the Irarutu tribe, who inhabit the Aroba district, Aroba village, and Teluk Bintuni Regency. It is related to the lexicon or words of the Irarutu language, which correlate with the ecological environment of mangroves, or in Papuan Malay, it is called mangi-mangi or mangrove forests. Mangrove representation is a real manifestation of the presence of an Irarutu language that lives and develops in the lives and lives of the Irarutu people to protect the Irarutu language so that it is always used by Irarutu speakers. The natural environment, especially mangroves, represents the language and culture of the Irarutu people so that they continue to exist together with the community as an integrated part. Language is the most important instrument in human life to explain the phenomena of the mangrove environment, which are directly related to the survival of Irarutu humans. With the loss of mangrove forests, there will be a disintegration of local wisdom knowledge due to the loss of the lexicon related to linguistic features of the Irarutu community, Aroba district, and Aroba Village.