THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RELATED TO ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION AND TIN MINING ISSUE IN BANGKA BELITUNG ISLAND

Abstract

Bangka Belitung faces very serious environmental problems due to illegal tin mining that give negative impacts to the sustainability of ecosystem and human life. Bangka Belitung is the second largest producer of tin in the world and tin mining in Bangka Belitung has been exploited since long time ago (hundred years). Tin mining activity basically increase the wealth of the community but it decrease the environmental stability inshore & offshore. Taking a case study approach, this study was conducted by reviewing and analyzing various legal instrument and information related to tin mining, the environmental problem, & the community engagement. Beside that, this study addresses the following research questions : What is the background issues relating the case between tin mining and environmental degradation in Bangka Belitung? How do tin mining activity give influence to this environmental degradation? How far is the commitment of enforcing the environmental law in this case in line with the commitment of the society? The result showed there’s effort to provide the environmental law from exploration to post mining reclamation, as well as the the community engagement. but the implementation is not enough and need more commitment of enforcing the environmental law that give the major environmental degradation in Bangka Belitung Area. The implementation of the law itself need to be supervised by external party and the enforcement need to be increased as well as the coordination between stakeholders to support the Sustainable Development Goals in Indonesia especially in Bangka Belitung.