Forest Damage In Indonesia

In this paper I will discuss the destruction of forests that occurred in Indonesia. The factors that cause it, then connect it with Hegel's opinion about religion as a source of human isolation from nature, from himself and from others. and I will be more focus on human isolation from nature. Through this discussion in the end I will see who the people of Indonesia.

Deforestation in Indonesia is caused by several factors, That is : 

• Economic Interests

To manage forests for the economic interests seem to still more dominant than thinking about the interests of ecological sustainability. As a result the dimensionless long-term agenda that is ecological sustainability to be neglected. This process runs linearly with the acceleration of global economy and free markets. The free market generally encourage each country to find the most optimal composition of resources and an export product specialization. Low technological capabilities of countries such as Indonesia tends to be membasiskan industry on a solid field that is natural resources. This is coupled with the understanding that exploit natural resources including forest is the most easy and cheap to obtain foreign exchange earnings. Industrialization in Indonesia who have not reached the level of maturity has also been made ​​impossible intensive industries such abandonment. Then load the heavy foreign debt have also made ​​Indonesia was forced to exploit natural resources to pay the debt over to the state. This is what makes Indonesia's non-oil exports are still dominated and based on solid products such as the results of natural resources. Exports of timber, mineral exploration and other forest products such as occurred in this framework. Ironically, these activities are often carried out by the exploitative and accompanied by illegal activities undertaken by large companies or small and even people who ultimately exacerbate and accelerate the destruction of forests.

• Weak Law Enforcement

Minister of Forestry of the Republic of Indonesia MSKaban SE.MSi mention that weak law enforcement in Indonesia has also exacerbated damage to Indonesia's forests. According to law enforcement Kaban before reaching the actors in the field alone. Usually they only hired people who worked for their daily lives daily. They are just messengers and not the person most responsible. People who ordered them and most often responsible for law untouched. They usually have large capital and has a network to the ruler. Crimes like this are often also involve government officials in charge and should be a fortress of defense to preserve the forest as forest police and forest service. This situation often results in a maximum absence of good coordination among police, prosecutors and courts, so many cases that can not be disclosed and become very weak law enforcement.

• Human mentality

Humans often positions itself as a party that has the autonomy to develop a blue print for planning and forest management, both for the benefit of the present generation as well as for their offspring. This is probably caused because people often consider themselves as the creation of a more perfect than others. Antrhroposentris Thinking like this makes the human being as the center. Even this position is often interpreted as giving license to people to "take control "of the forest. Because the man positioned himself as the dominant party, the decisions and actions taken even more often in domination for the benefit of man and often only think of the interest now than the future. Finally, the forest was considered only as a source of income that can be exploited at will. Ordinary people do the clearing of forests to move around the grounds will be used as agricultural land. Business circles to make the forest as plantation land or mining on the grounds for development and manpower to accommodate that would reduce the amount of unemployment. But all this is done in a way that exploitative management which ultimately led to the destruction of forests. In the structure of government bureaucracy mentality as well as if it had made ​​no serious forces to enforce the law in dealing with forest destruction even involved in it.

Religion as a source isolation: Hegel's Theory

According to Hegel, religion is a source of human alienation from nature, self and from others. In this paper the author will focus to see religion as a source of alienation from nature.
Human alienation from nature caused by human beings according to Hegel describes God as the object and something that is alienated. For Hegel it is called religion that is not good. God is understood as a great God, to overcome the limited world and separate from human life. He is the god who ruled over and not have fellowship with people who are under the earth. In this kind of understanding that human beings can not expect much to discover God in nature, because He is separate from nature. Because such understanding, views human nature as something scary objects at once a source of danger to humans. Nature is seen as something that is alienated and as something that is not friendly. As a result human beings can not love nature. Humans are no longer looking for life balance in nature that can be fun and spirit of human creativity to manage nature are no longer considered. Humans vacillate in the face of nature between fear and desire to master nature.

Natural human fear of causing the birth of the human desire to want to master nature. Such desire coupled with the attitude of people who do not love nature and the spirit of creativity to manage the loss of nature. Finally, nature was managed with a basis of power, no longer based on love or the nature of creativity that can manage it well. Human desire to control nature is not solely.

Because human love with nature, but because people wanted to fulfill his own desires. That was done for the sake of mankind itself and as evidence of human strength in conquering nature. This action ultimately is often manifested in ways that are exploitative and as human domination over nature. Nature really made the object of which are held by humans because god is not found in it. Nature becomes an object for man has no divine values. Because of that nature can be mastered, conquered, which in turn cause damage to nature. Management is no longer nature of love and creativity but for domination and the desire to rule and conquer.