Abstract:
Charcoal Industry in Batu Ampar is an irony. First, the materials used is the best
mangrove in Asia. Second, The technology employed is an old-fashioned
technology since it was brought in at the beginning of twentieth century which
result in low quality of charcoal. Third, deforestation of Mangrove is the
annihilation of many economic assets. Mangrove Forest is not only functioning to
prevent abrasion but also the best place for germination (fish, shrimps, crabs, etc.)
and Mangrove Honey Bees. But, it is what is called an irony. Man tend to prefer an
instaneous benefit rather than the real one. Man prefer the easiest way to make a
living, no matter how much loss they will be. Man prefer dunya> (instaneous,
temporal and palliative advantages) and abolish a>khira (real, later, hereafter
benefits). The average sum of Rp 30.000.000,- per charcoal furnace for 40 days
which let it’s owner to make Rp 5.000.000,- works like a magic bewitching Batu
Ampar Community. Hundreds of charcoal furnaces are in action. Fortunately, a
group of young men begin to develop a Soka Crab Cultivation instead of destroying
the ecology of Mangrove Forest of Batu Ampar, Hopefuly, they would be able to
show the Mangrove Charcoal Community of how beneficial the Mangroves are, in
terms of ecomy, nature but theology.
