PERJUANGAN KOMUNIKASI LINGKUNGAN KELOMPOK RANGER PEREMPUAN DI ACEH (Studi Kasus Ranger Mpu Uteun dalam Mengomunikasikan Kelestarian Fungsi Hutan di Desa Damaran Baru Tahun 2020-2024)
Johan, Prof. Dr. Phill. Ana Nadhya Abrar, M.E.S
2026 | Tesis | S2 Ilmu Komunikasi
Forest destruction due to encroachment in the forest of Damaran Baru village prompted a group of housewives to form a group of female rangers. However, their involvement in the preservation of forest functions faces social rejection due to gender stereotypes that cast doubt on women's credibility as environmental communicators, thus requiring them to develop more strategic communication practices in dealing with encroachers. This study aims to analyze how Mpu Uteun rangers build environmental communication practices in their struggle to deal with encroachers. The research uses a case study method with an analysis that integrates the theory of Bourdieu's practice, environmental communication interventions, and environmental concern ethics. The findings of the study show that the Mpu Uteun ranger is able to reduce conflicts with encroachers through environmental communication practices that are built by combining direct social control and a dialogical approach. This practice is manifested through the ritual of coffee as a dialogue space to suppress encroachers as well as interception and interrogation of suspected individuals. This approach is reinforced by the Mpu Uteun ranger's message strategy with the theme of forest destruction impacts, legal consequences, and religious values to build ecological and emotional awareness to encourage encroachers' ethical attitudes towards the preservation of forest functions. This research also shows that the legitimacy of female environmental communicators is not solely shaped by social position, but is constructed through habitus-based communication practices that enable female rangers to build social trust and transform ecological conflicts into conservation collaborations.
Kata Kunci : Komunikasi Lingkungan, Ranger Perempuan, Mpu Uteun, Kelestarian Fungsi Hutan