Excess of Natural Resources Exploitation on Health and Environment by Foreign Investors

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10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_72How to use a DOI?

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Excess; Exploitation; Natural Resources; Health and Environment

Abstract

Highly abundant natural resources owned by the State of Indonesia, both at sea and on land, should be able to improve people's lives and welfare as stipulated in the provisions of Article 33 paragraph (3) of the Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia, but the facts are different. Many natural resources are controlled by foreign investors. People seem to be spectators and marginalized. There were horizontal-vertical conflicts, natural disasters, environmental damage, poverty, and impacts on human health. This is important which will be discussed with the issue of how the exploitation effect of natural resources on health and the environment related to the activities carried out by foreign investors. From the discussion of this paper, one of the natural resources is coal. The impact of which is the emission of GHG (greenhouse gas) gas which triggers climate change. Coal burned in Steam Power Plants (PLTU) emits a number of pollutants such as NOx and SO2, major contributors to the formation of acid rain, and air pollution. Foreign business entities or investors in exploiting natural resources must pay attention to strategic environmental studies as the basis for the State in issuing environmental permits, paying attention to conservation principles, environmental carrying capacity, and optimizing natural resources. The excess of natural resource exploitation, without any attention to strategic environmental studies, may cause environmental damage. Therefore, the State must be present and expected to realize the harmony of the natural environment in the use of resources and the protection of space functions and their impacts. Negative impact prevention of environmental damage must be carried out by means of a joint commitment by the Government, businesses and the community.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Edy Lisdiyono
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/04/19
TI  - Excess of Natural Resources Exploitation on Health and Environment by Foreign Investors
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference On Law, Economics, and Health (ICLEH 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 712
EP  - 726
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_72
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-38476-024-4_72
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