Mining Conflict and Indigenous People

Misran Safar, Karsadi, Dan Hamuni

Abstract: The study is to analyze the mining conflicts that occur in indigenous people which focus on the mining activity. Participatory approach is used to collecting data through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), Focus Group (FGD), as well as in-depth interview. Data qualitative is analyzed with descriptive analysis-eksplanatif. The results reveal that mining conflicts in indigenous people include of land problems and loss of agricultural resources, socio-economic problems, environmental degradation issues, culture and other social issues. The fundamental problems faced are the decrease of income for the farmers and fishermen as a result from the damage of environment and ecosystems in around of mining exploitations. It is recommended that the Government and Parliament and the parties concerned to conduct a comprehensive evaluation on mining activities.

Keywords: Mining, Conflicts, Indigenous People, Indonesia