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Restrict The Mining - Jakarta, KOMPAS - One of the causes of environmental damage in Indonesia is the opened mining activity that is not controlled, in fact has been abundant the amount. The State Minister for the Environment Gusti Muhammad Hatta said that the restriction on new permission is needed.” The number of mining in Indonesia at this time has exceeded the limit. Mining permissions in the area must be restricted.” said Gusti, in the handover position agenda with the old State Minister for the Environment, Rachmat Witoelar, at the state Minister for Environment office, Friday (23/10).
Coal mining in Kalimantan is one of the mining activities that the permission must be restricted. Several mining that have been running almost 30 years caused many of the forest vegetation in Kalimantan are broken. Because, the mining is carried out openly, in fact denudation of the forest often happened around the location resulting from the process of the mining.
Beside the forest became barren, many lands change to the lake basin. ”There is a presumption, 15 years again, resulting from the mining of coal, the environment condition in East Kalimantan will increase seriously,” Gusti said.
Gusti add, the plan has said to the Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, in fact it getting a green light from President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. In the first cabinet meeting, President Yudhoyono supports the reduction in the use of coal for the electricity generator.
The restriction on permission could in the form of study previously before the mining is opened. From results of the study will be learnt the appropriateness of an area became the location of the mining. The restriction on this permission is believed could rescue the Indonesian forest. He mentioned, at this time in general rate of the logging of the forest in Indonesia 1,1 million ha a year, whereas the capacity plant only around 500 ha a year.
The coordinator of Mining Advocation Assosiation Siti Maemunah, when she is called (25/10), welcome to the State Minister of the Inviroment plan. According to him, at this time the amount of mining permission that is issued by the government reach 5,000, actually it exceed the burden. “According to our datas, in 2006 noted that 2.599 mining permissions. Untill the end of 2008 the amount are more than 5.000 permissions,” Siti said.
According to Siti, actually the policy accordance with the Regulation No.32 about the protection and the environmental management. With the existence of these regulations, the State Ministri of the Invironment must appraise the power support and capacity related to the mining exploitation. “Mining that has opened, being opened, and will be opened must be studied previously by the power support its environment,” Siti said. (Kompas, Monday, October 26, 2009)
› Published - 09 Nov 2009
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