The Pammali Local Wisdom on the Bugis Coastal Communities to Increase Students’ Ecological intelligence

Abstract

The research stems from the author's concern about identifying environmental damage threatening the sustainability of coastal resources in the Barru district, South Sulawesi. The focus of this research is on extracting the local wisdom values of Pammali by the Bugis coastal communities in Barru as a teaching resource in social studies to increase the ecological intelligence of students. According to this research, the local wisdom of Pammali on the Bugis coastal communities in Barru can be picked up as a resource of social studies including the local wisdom of Pammali that composes certain areas, the ban on catching certain animals and cutting trees around the coast, and respect for seas. Through local wisdom of Pammali as a resource of social studies, students will describe the ability or capacity to perform actions that are associated with the ecological aspect of conservation the nature. Ecological intelligence is also seen in the apparent behavior of failure to cut down mangrove trees for ponds or roots, taking part in the replanting of mangrove plants on the open coastal plains, and the realization of the mangrove is not replanted, the area will then expose and be covered by erosion or abrasion.