Nabire (ANTARA) \u2014 The government is preparing rules to accommodate\ncommunity mining in Nabire Regency, Central Papua, while continuing to\nact against illegal activities and breaches of environmental protection\nrequirements.<\/p>\n
Attorney-General Sanitiar Burhanuddin, speaking in Nabire on\nThursday, urged people who have been mining to respond sensibly to the\nenforcement of forest-area rules, saying the policy was intended to\nserve the public interest.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will draw up regulations, and of course we will no longer\noverlook people who claim to be community miners but use heavy\nmachinery,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
He said the rules should take account of people who mine to meet\ntheir basic needs, without disregarding legal requirements and\nenvironmental sustainability.<\/p>\n
The government, he said, needed to distinguish between community\nmining carried out to earn a livelihood and activities involving heavy\nmachinery that do not comply with regulations.<\/p>\n
He stressed that the unlawful use of heavy machinery would continue\nto be dealt with under the law. Further action against such activities\nfalls to law-enforcement authorities, including the police.<\/p>\n
\u201cNatural-resource management must comply with the law, protect the\nenvironment and benefit the community,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The government hopes the future rules will provide certainty for\npeople who meet the requirements, while preventing the use of community\nmembers\u2019 names as a cover for mining activities that breach\nregulations.<\/p>\n
The details of the rules, licensing procedures, areas that may be\nused and requirements for community miners have not yet been\nspecified.<\/p>\n
The remarks came amid an enforcement operation in forest areas,\nmarked by the revocation of the mining business permit (IUP) held by PT\nKristalin Eka Lestari.<\/p>\n
The permit was revoked after a joint team from the Forest Area\nEnforcement Task Force (Satgas PKH) found mining activities that did not\nmeet the requirements for permits to use forest areas.<\/p>\n
The company had also failed to meet its obligations to provide\nreclamation guarantees and carry out reclamation as required.<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/government-prepares-rules-for-community-mining-in-nabire-1792669963", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }