Abstract
Bad practice of open coal mining in Bungo Regency leaves many abandoned ponds. One pond in Rantau Pandan Village has been neglected for 5 years. Its environmental and social impacts pushed people to sue the government to revoke the permit of XXX Company that manages the mining. The low price of coal as well as the deep and large area to be piled make more difficult to do reclamation. This study aims at exploring the prospect of doing reclamation for tourism purposes with the concept of Community Based Tourism (CBT) and analyzing some strategic assumptions for the success that of reclamation. Primary data were collected through observation, interview and focus group discussion. Data were analyzed descriptively and qualitatively using Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST) method. Research finding shows that the people are eager to welcome the idea of CBT however the compensation from the mining company should be paid first. Of 22 assumptions for the development of tourism village, 18 assumptions can be grouped into quadrant II or Certain Planning Region, while 4 assumptions are in quadrant IV or Problematic Planning Region. To support this plan, it’s suggested five things i.e. resolving the social conflict among parties, strengthening the local institution, giving a mandate to villagers to manage the pond as a tourism site, then followed by supervising and enhance infrastructure to ease access.
Highlights
Coal mining gives a great contribution to the development of Jambi Province
This research aimed to dig up the present condition of Rantau Pandan Village that’s suffered from mining activities and not-reclaimed pond, and to see the prospect of having a tourism village by analyzing/testing some alternative policies to be implemented through various strategic assumptions
Respondents/experts for focus group discussion (FGD) consist of local government elements, local public figures, local religious leaders, head of the village, and representative of the mining company (14 people). They all knew the problems related to the presence of the mining pond so they were considered worthy to give an assessment of the strategic assumptions
Summary
Coal mining gives a great contribution to the development of Jambi Province. The income of Jambi Province in 2017 from it reached IDR 140 Billion. According to the 2016 recess report of The Commission VII of Indonesian House of Representatives, there were 71 coal exploring companies that were stated clear and clean; 22 companies were located in the regency of Batanghari, seven in Muarojambi, 11 in Sarolangun, 10 in West Tanjung Jabung, 19 in Tebo, one in Bungo and one in Merangin. Despite its important contribution to the economy, its environmental impact is not easy to recover. One of them is the loss of forest. Still based on the Report of The Commission VII of Indonesian House of Representatives, there are about 480,502.47 hectares of coal mining taking place inside the forest; 6,300.22 hectares taking
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