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Current Condition of Environmental Law and Its Implementation Regulations in Indonesia: Future and Challenging Matters in the Case of General Mining Development


Ukar Wijaya Soelistijo1, Marwan Zam Mili2
Page No 60-95


Abstract

In line with the Indonesia constitution, that the development of mineral resources is the utilization
effort of one out of the several national resources that are used for the greatest welfare of the
people. For that, the development and utilization of mineral resources must be referring to the
existing law of management and protection of the environment, in the sense of physical and nonphysical
environment (social economic and cultural). Furthermore, the efforts to develop mineral
resources must also follow the global policy on the maintenance of the environment, among others
about the Agenda-XXI in mining sector in line with the Kyoto Protocol, among others utilization of
mineral resources with the protection of environmental function, development in the provision of
mineral as raw materials, employment, foreign exchange, integrated regional development,
coordination, illegal mining, location of artisanal mining, friendly environment, multiple land use
function, professional, offshore, standards, infrastructure, reached agreement on forest land-use
map, overlapping, illegal mining, location of artisanal mining, mine reclamation, legislation both in
terms of legislation, policy and its implementation. A variety of future challenges to be faced
including, among others, controlling, human resource development within the region, Indonesia
incorporated, greenhouse gas, globalization, utilization of the EEZ (exclusive economic zone). As
far as possible, Indonesia has followed the international policy on the management and protection
of the environment in accordance with the related implementation law. It should be realized that the
prevention of environmental problems is not only a burden but as well an opportunity as a profit
business. The methodology used in this study is based on observations and investigation in terms of
legislation on the development of global as well as regional and national environment by attention
to the principles of environmental economic, while the environment is a part of economic
development.
Key words: Environmental laws, regulations, general mining, Indonesia.


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