Socio-Economic Strategy of Sustainability and Post-Mining Land Use in South Sumatra

¹ School of Environmental Studies, Universitas Indonesia. Adress: Environmental School Post Graduate Building, Universitas Indonesia Salemba Campus Jl. Salemba Raya No.4, Jakarta Pusat
² General Directorate of Mineral and Coal, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources, Jakarta

Abstract

This open-pit mining activity has a very helpful environmental potential, soil chemistry, erosion and sedimentation. Change in land use from mining actively after mining requires land and energy closure to ensure that the land is safe for and returned. In accordance with the local spatial pattern in Muara Enim, South Sumatra, the transfer of post-mining land after the dismissal of mining operations will be used as a conservation area managed by the mining community. The concept is an environmental addressing plan to determine the sustainability of various aspects of community life, including local sustainability, food environment, awareness, biodiversity, and sustainability. This study aims to ensure community sustainability after mining operations. The methodology that is an interview with Experts. The results of this research indicate that community empowerment in mining area can use one of the community's natural resource management strategies to ensure social sustainability with land use as agroforestry and integrated agricultural industries.