Bangka Belitung Islands: Great Potencies of Massive Environmental Impacts

Hartuti Purnaweni,Kismartini Kismartini,Bulan Prabawani,Ali Roziqin

doi:10.1051/e3sconf/201912509008

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https://doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/201912509008

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Mining is a very crucial activity of human being and is practiced everywhere in the world, including in Bangka Belitung Province which is rich in tin, making tin is the leading commodity in this area. This study aimed at analyzing the Bangka Belitung profile, tin mining activities in this area and its impact on an environmental conditions in Bangka Belitung Islands. The study applied a descriptive-qualitative method, using data from library study and previous researches dealing with the research topic, as well as data from field observation. It concluded that tin mining has been done since the Dutch era in Bangka Belitung, and is more active today. Therefore, it is concluded that massive environmental degradation will occur should the mining practices are not stopped. The study It is recommended that the government has to strengthen its policy in the form of local regulation on the tin mining activities for erecting a better public administration practices.

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1.1 BackgroundMining is a very important activity in human life
This study focused on mining activities in Bangka Belitung, in which Indonesia is the largest tin producer in the world
This study focus to analyze tin mining phenomenon from a public administration point of view

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1.1 BackgroundMining is a very important activity in human life. It yields various materials significant for life, making it impossible to avoid. Spiegel [1] quoted George Orwell who called mining as part of the “metabolism” of civilization. He argued that it can be seen from the major divisions of history which are named in accordance with dominant mineral products the people used in the past, covering such as the Periods of Paleolithic and Neolithic; the Ages of Copper, Bronze, and Iron. In the 1980s, a company such as Intel needed only 11 minerals for its products, today it requires 60 minerals Such development forces a human being to further explore the earth to get materials they need for their numerous purposes

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